199 Quotes by Paul Cezanne

The world doesn’t understand me and I don’t understand the world, that’s why I’ve withdrawn from it.

Painting is damned difficult – you always think you’ve got it, but you haven’t.

Art first of all is optical. That’s where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think.

A thousand painters ought to be killed yearly. Say what you like: I’m every inch a painter.

My nervous system is very much weakened – nothing but painting in oil can keep me going.

I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not really possible to help others.

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

Design and color are not distinct and separate. As one paints, one draws. The more the colors harmonize, the more the design takes form. When color is at it’s richest, form is at its fullest.

One must see one’s model correctly and experience it in the right way; and furthermore express oneself forcibly and with distinction.