Paul Cézanne

Visual Arts French 1839 – 1906 99 quotes

A Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavor to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century.

Quotes by Paul Cézanne

The true artist is one who can create a new world.

Letter to Émile Bernard 1904

The Louvre is a good book to consult, but it is only a stepping stone.

Letter to Émile Bernard 1904

One must not be afraid of being original.

Letter to Émile Bernard 1904

I am always working, always studying.

Letter to Émile Bernard 1904

The artist must remain a child.

Letter to Émile Bernard 1904

I have a terrible need to paint.

Letter to Émile Bernard 1904

The artist must be a poet.

Letter to Émile Bernard 1904

I am not a revolutionary, I am an evolutionist.

Letter to Émile Bernard 1904

The artist must be a philosopher.

Letter to Émile Bernard 1904

I am working for posterity.

Letter to Émile Bernard 1904

The artist must be a scientist.

Letter to Émile Bernard 1904

I am trying to make something new.

Letter to Émile Bernard 1904

The artist must be a visionary.

Letter to Émile Bernard 1904

I am a solitary man.

Letter to Émile Bernard 1904

The artist must be a prophet.

Letter to Émile Bernard 1904

I am a painter, not a writer.

Letter to Émile Bernard 1904

The artist must be a magician.

Letter to Émile Bernard 1904

I am a simple man.

Letter to Émile Bernard 1904

The artist must be a god.

Letter to Émile Bernard 1904

I am a man of the earth.

Letter to Émile Bernard 1904