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.

Paul Cézanne

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Paul Cézanne

Born in Aix-en-Provence in 1839, Cezanne is called the father of modern painting. He reconstructed nature through planes of color, directly preparing the way for Cubism and abstract art.

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Paul Cézanne's Other Quotes

Treat nature by the cylinder, the sphere, the cone.

With an apple I want to astonish Paris.

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