Paul Cézanne
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
I want to paint the air in which the bridge, the house, and the boat are to be found - the beauty of the air around them, and that is nothing less than the impossible.
With an apple I will astonish Paris.
The artist must scorn all judgments that are not based on a knowledge of his work.
I am more and more obsessed with the need to render what I experience.
Optics, perspective, and composition are all mathematical forms which the painter must know.
What I do not see, I do not want to paint.
The painter must give a new birth to the objects he sees.
I have sworn to die painting.
Monet is only an eye, but what an eye!
The world is full of people who are determined to be creative against all odds.
I am learning to see. Yes, I am learning to see.
Art is the most beautiful of all lies.
We live in a rainbow of chaos.
The sensation is the equivalent of the image.
I owe it to myself to say what I think.
Painting is a science, and should be pursued as an inquiry into the laws of nature.
The landscape becomes human, becomes a living thing.
I must be able to get right to the heart of things.
Time and reflection modify our vision.
The artist is the slave of his vision.