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"Here in this endless and gleaming wildernessI was removed farther than ever from the world of men --And I never saw so close and so clearlyThe image in the mirror of my own soul."

"If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable."

"Flowers are the beautiful hairs of the Mother Spring! Don't pluck them!"

"Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies."

"Sometimes, humanity surprises me with all its lack of control over the primordial urges. These innate urges are the biological traits that make us similar to the rest of the animal kingdom. But the modern qualities that make us superior to all the animals are intellect and self-control."

"Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature."

"The Moon always finds an opportunity to turn our attention from the ground beneath our feet to the sky above our head!"

"Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff."
Explore more quotes by Paul Cezanne

"I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain."

"Here, on the river's verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place, simply leaning a little more to right or left."

"Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones."

"When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art."

"For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations."
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