Paul Cézanne quotes
5 quotations, each verified against its source and credited to the work it comes from — the wording as Paul Cézanne wrote or said it, not as the internet passes it around.
Treat nature by the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, everything put in perspective, so that each side of an object, of a plane, is directed towards a central point.Traiter la nature par le cylindre, la sphère, le cône, le tout mis en perspective, soit que chaque côté d'un objet, d'un plan, se dirige vers un point central.
Monet is only an eye — but good Lord what an eye!
You wretch! You've spoiled the pose. Do I have to tell you again you must sit like an apple? Does an apple move?
I owe you the truth in painting, and I will tell it to you.Je vous dois la vérité en peinture et je vous la dirai.
The Louvre is the book in which we learn to read. We must not, however, be satisfied with keeping the fine formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us leave it to study beautiful nature.Le Louvre est le livre où nous apprenons à lire. Nous ne devons cependant pas nous contenter de retenir les belles formules de nos illustres devanciers. Sortons-en pour étudier la belle nature.
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