“When a picture isn't realized, you pitch it in the fire and start another one!” Quote by Paul Cezanne
“I am progressing very slowly, for nature reveals herself to me in very complex forms; and the progress needed is incessant.” FormProgressNeededComplexesComplexityIncessant Author:Paul Cezanne
“Time and reflection... modify, little by little, our vision, and at last comprehension comes to us.” LittlesLastsVisionReflectionComprehension Author:Paul Cezanne
“I should have wished to possess the intellectual equilibrium that characterizes you and permits you to achieve without fail the desired end... Chance has not favoured me with an equal self-assurance, it is the only regret I have about things of this earth.” ShouldEndsSelfEarthChanceFailingAchieveRegretConfidenceEqualIntellectualShould HavePermitAssuranceEquilibriumSelf Assurance Author:Paul Cezanne
“Michelangelo is a constructor, and Rafael an artist who, great as he is, is always limited by the model. When he tries to be thoughtful he falls below the niveau of his great rival.” TryingArtistFallModelsThoughtfulConstructionRivals Author:Paul Cezanne
“I cannot attain the intensity that is unfolded before my senses. I have not the magnificent richness of colouring that animates nature.” SensesIntensityMagnificentRichnessDissatisfaction Author:Paul Cezanne
“I am beginning to consider myself stronger than all those around me, and you know that the good opinion I have of myself has only been reached after mature consideration.” KnowsOpinionEgoStrongerConsiderationMature Author:Paul Cezanne
“I'd like to combine melancholy and sunshine... There's a sadness in Provence which no one has expressed... I'd like to put reason in the grass and tears in the sky, like Poussin.” ReasonEmotionSadnessSkyTearsGrassSunshineMelancholyProvence Author:Paul Cezanne