Quotation by

Paul Cezanne

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

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When an artist paints from nature, they are not just making a simple copy of what they see. Instead, they express their personal feelings and impressions about the natural scene.

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I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.
All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.