Paul Cézanne
10 quotes
“remark to Vincent van Gogh , ca. 1886 in Paris. Van Gogh showed Cezanne some of his recent paintings, he recently made in Paris”
“You positively paint like a madman. As quoted in: 'Mercure de France', 16 December 1908, p. 607”
“I saw Monet and Renoir at about the end of December; they had been on holiday in Genoa, in Italy. Quote in Cezanne's letter to Emile Zola , 23rd February 1884; as quoted in Renoir”
“I had the company of monsieur Gibert. Such people see clearly, but they have the teacher's eye. As the train was taking us past Alexis' place a staggering subject for a picture came into view towards the east: St”
“'The very opposite of 'modeling' meant roughly that Cézanne and Pissarro in their common painting”
“Listen, monsieur Vollard , I worked a lot out of doors at L'Estaque . Except for that there was no other event of importance in my life during the years 1870”
“At Aix ( Aix en Provence ) I am not free; whenever I want to return to Paris , I always have to put up a fight, and, although your (his father) opposition may not be absolute, I am always deeply affected by the resistance that I encounter from you. I sincerely want my liberty unfettered.. ..it would give me great pleasure to work in the Midi, some aspects of which offer many resources to the painter; there I would be able to attack some of the problems that I wish to solve. Quote in Cezanne's letter to his father in Aix; ca. 1871”
“He (the painter Manet ) hits of the tone.. ..but his work lacks unity and temperament too. (ca. 1863) Quote in: Cézanne , by Ambroise Vollard , Dover publications Inc. New York, 1984, p. 27”
“Don't you think your Corot [to Guilemet the painter] is a little short on temperament? I'm painting a portrait of Vallabreque; the highlight on the nose is pure vermilion [remark of Cezanne ca. 1860] Quote in: Cézanne , by Ambroise Vollard , Dover publications Inc. New York, 1984, p. 28”
“I've ripped it to pieces; your portrait, you know. I tried to work on it this morning, but it went from bad to worse, so I destroyed it.. Quote of Cezanne, from his letter to Emile Zola , ca 1861; as quoted in Cezanne , by Ambroise Vollard , Dover publications Inc. New York, 1984, p. 23”