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“The sun penetrates me soundlessly like a distant friend that stirs up my laziness, fertilizes it. We bring forth life.”

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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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

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“Under this fine rain I breathe in the innocence of the world. I feel coloured by the nuances of infinity. At this moment I am one with my picture. We are an iridescent chaos.”

World Feels Moments Fine Rain Chaos Breathe Innocence Infinity Nuance Iridescent

Author:Paul Cezanne

“Here on the edge of the river, the motifs are very plentiful, the same subject seen from a different angle gives a subject for study of the highest interest and so varied that I think I could be occupied for months without changing my place, simply bending a little more to the right or left.”

Thinking Giving Littles Different Left Interest Study Subjects Months Highest Rivers Edges Angle Bending Motifs Plentiful Different Angles

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“I wish to die painting.”

Life Dies Wish Painting Wish To Die

Author:Paul Cezanne

“Light is a thing that cannot be reproduced, but must be represented by something else - by color.”

Author:Paul Cezanne

“An optical impression is produced on our organs of sight which makes us classify as light, half-tone or quartertone, the surfaces represented by colour sensations. So that light does not exist for the painter.”

Doe Light Half Sight Surface Impression Painter Tone Colour Sensations Organs

Author:Paul Cezanne

“I advance all of my canvas at one time.”

One Time Canvas Methodology

Author:Paul Cezanne

“Treat nature by the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, everything in proper perspective so that each side of an object or a plane is directed towards a central point.”

Sides Objects Perspective Treats Planes Spheres Methodology Cones Cylinders

Author:Paul Cezanne

“Studying the model and realizing it is sometimes very slow in coming for the artist.”

Sometimes Artist Realizing Study Models

Author:Paul Cezanne

“In order to make progress, there is only nature, and the eye is turned through contact with her.”

Eye Order Nature Progress Contact

Author:Paul Cezanne

“The Louvre is a good book to consult, but it must only be an intermediary. The real and immense study that must be taken up is the manifold picture of nature.”

Book Real Nature Study Taken Immense Good Book Manifold Louvre Old Picture

Author:Paul Cezanne