Art is a Harmony Parallel with Nature
Paul Cézanne was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavor to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century.
Artist, Painter | French
Born: 1839-01-19 in Aix-en-Provence, France
Died: October 22, 1906 in Aix-en-Provence, France
I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me.
Paul Cezanne
My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've been pursuing all my life.
Paul Cezanne
I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.
Paul Cezanne
I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.
Paul Cezanne
When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art.
Paul Cezanne
A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
Paul Cezanne
The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.
Paul Cezanne
An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all.
Paul Cezanne
Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
Paul Cezanne
My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've been pursuing all my life.
Paul Cezanne
Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.
Paul Cezanne
I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.
Paul Cezanne
You say a new era in art is preparing you sensed it coming continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.
Paul Cezanne
I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.
Paul Cezanne
Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it wholly?
Paul Cezanne
Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.
Paul Cezanne
When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art.
Paul Cezanne
My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've been pursuing all my life.
Paul Cezanne
Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.
Paul Cezanne
For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.
Paul Cezanne
Painting from nature is not copying the object it is realizing one's sensations.
Paul Cezanne
The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.
Paul Cezanne
Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
Paul Cezanne
Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.
Paul Cezanne
Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors.
Paul Cezanne
We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature.
Paul Cezanne
I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.
Paul Cezanne
I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.
Paul Cezanne
The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.
Paul Cezanne
The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.
Paul Cezanne
A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
Paul Cezanne
My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.
Paul Cezanne