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Famous Paul Cezanne Quotes
“For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.”
“Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.”
“The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.”
“My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've been pursuing all my life.”
“I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.”
“Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it wholly?”
“Art first of all is optical. That's where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think.”
“I have not tried to reproduce nature; I have represented it.”