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The people who do better and better work are people who are never satisfied. Cezanne would say, ‘I think I’ve accomplished something,’ but then he would immediately add, ‘But it’s not enough. David Galenson
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The people who do better and better work are people who are never satisfied. Cezanne would say, ‘I think I’ve accomplished something,’ but then he would immediately add, ‘But it’s not enough. David Galenson
Cezanne is the Christopher Columbus of a new continent of form. Clive Bell
The paradox in the evolution of French painting from Courbet to Cezanne is how it was brought to the verge of abstraction in and by its very effort to transcribe visual appearance with ever greater fidelity. Clement Greenberg
One of Cezanne’s unfinished paintings… appears to be a completed work even though only a few strokes of paint have been put down. My methods are similar… I expect each of my paintings to appear whole in every stage. Christopher Willard
Any critic of Cezanne who described him as a painter of country scenes would be moving in the wrong direction. You must begin with the question of style . . . Charles Tomlinson
Fortunately I had a great intern who did a lot of the research on Andy’s prices, which of course are phenomenal, but getting them straight – you know, he’s reached this $100million plateau that only a handful of other artists have reached, which puts him in the company of Cezanne, Klimt, Picasso, and such. Bob … Read more
In writing songs, I’ve learned as much from Cezanne as I have from Woody Guthrie. Bob Dylan
My best songs were written very quickly. Just about as much time as it takes to write it down is about as long as it takes to write it…In writing songs I’ve learned as much from Cezanne as I have from Woody Guthrie…It’s not me, it’s the songs. I’m just the postman, I deliver the … Read more
Newton’s apple and Cezanne’s apple are discoveries more closely related than they seem. Arthur Koestler
If Picasso drips, I drip… For a long while I was with Cezanne, and now I am with Picasso. Arshile Gorky