Paul Cezanne Painting Quotations

I wish to die painting.

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

I owe you the truth in painting, and I will tell it to you.

It is not about painting life, it is about making painting alive.

I have sworn to die painting.

Painting is founded on the heart controlled by the head.

The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.

I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.

Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.

I want to die painting.

Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't.

It took me 40 years to find out that painting is not sculpture....