32 Quotes By Paul Cezanne


I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me.
Paul Cezanne on age

My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've been pursuing all my life.
Paul Cezanne on age

I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.
Paul Cezanne on age

I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.
Paul Cezanne on alone

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 on art

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
Paul Cezanne on art

The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.
Paul Cezanne on art

An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all.
Paul Cezanne on art

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
Paul Cezanne on art

My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've been pursuing all my life.
Paul Cezanne on art

Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.
Paul Cezanne on art

I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.
Paul Cezanne on art

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 on art

I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.
Paul Cezanne on art

Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it wholly?
Paul Cezanne on art

Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.
Paul Cezanne on experience

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 on god

My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've been pursuing all my life.
Paul Cezanne on health

Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.
Paul Cezanne on intelligence

For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.
Paul Cezanne on nature