Quotes by Paul Cezanne

"People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day."

"A thousand painters ought to be killed yearly. Say what you like: I'm every inch a painter."

"I've come to the conclusion that it's not really possible to help others."

"The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution."

"Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones."

"The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn from it."

"If isolation tempers the strong, it is the stumbling-block of the uncertain."

"With an apple I will astonish Paris."

"You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest."

"Here, on the river's verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place, simply leaning a little more to right or left."

"It's so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas."

"Keep good company - that is, go to the Louvre."

"Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations."

"There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other."

"We live in a rainbow of chaos."

"My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me."

"The awareness of our own strength makes us modest."

"I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature."

"We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature."

"Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors."