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Quote by Paul Cezanne

“It took me 40 years to find out that painting is not sculpture.”

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Paul Cézanne, a French Post-Impressionist painter, was born on January 19, 1839, and died on October 22, 1906. Known as the father of modern painting, his works have had a profound impact on 20th-century art. more

“Art is a creation of a higher order than a copy of nature which is governed by chance.... By the elimination of all muddy colors, by the exclusive use of optical mixture of pure colors, by a methodical divisionism and a strict observation of the scientific theory of colors, the neo-impressionists insures a maximum of luminosity, of color intensity, and of harmony- a result that has never yet been obtained.”

“The anarchist painter is not the one who will create anarchist pictures, but the one who will fight with all his individuality against official conventions.”

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“The golden age has not passed; it lies in the future.”

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“My eyes were made to erase all that is ugly.”

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“I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and in my heart.”

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“When I feel a little confused, the only thing to do is to turn back to the study of nature before launching once again into the subjects closest to heart.”

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“The subject itself is of no account; what matters is the way it is presented.”

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“Blue is the only color which maintains its own character in all its tones it will always stay blue; whereas yellow is blackened in its shades, and fades away when lightened; red when darkened becomes brown, and diluted with white is no longer red, but another color – pink.”

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