An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all... feeling is the principle, the beginning and the end; craft, objective, technique - all these are in the middle.
Paul CezanneRead
Monet is only an eye, but my God, what an eye!
Interpretation
What this quote means
Cézanne praises Monet's ability to see and depict the world around him with exceptional clarity and insight.
In this quote, Cézanne is acknowledging Monet's extraordinary talent as an artist. He suggests that while Monet's skill may be seen as basic or singular ('only an eye'), the vastness of his vision and perception ('what an eye!') is remarkable. This reflects the idea that true artistic mastery lies in the ability to perceive the world in unique and profound ways, transforming simple observations into powerful artistic expressions.
Themes
MonetCezanneArtVisionPerception
In practice
Example use cases
In an art class, when discussing the vision of famous artists, this quote can highlight the importance of perception.
More from Paul Cezanne
All quotes →Taste is the best judge. It is rare. Art only addresses itself to an excessively small number of individuals.
Paul CezanneRead
If I were called upon to define briefly the word Art, I should call it the reproduction of what the senses preceive in nature, seen through the veil of the soul.
Paul CezanneRead
The landscape thinks itself in me and I am its consciousness.
Paul CezanneRead
I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.
Paul CezanneRead
Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.
Paul CezanneRead
Similar quotes
The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.
Igor StravinskyRead
Architecture is not just for the moment, it is not just for the next fashion magazine.
Daniel LibeskindRead
Swing is extreme coordination. It's a maintaining balance, equilibrium. It's about executing very difficult rhythms with a panache and a feeling in the context of very strict time. So, everything about the swing is about some guideline and some grid and the elegant way that you negotiate your way through that grid.
Wynton MarsalisRead
No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.
Mikhail BaryshnikovRead
The fact that people break down and cry when confronted with my pictures shows that I can communicate those basic human emotions.. the people who weep before my pictures are having the same religious experience I had when painting them. And if you say you are moved only by their color relationships then you miss the point.
Mark RothkoRead
Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.
Ludwig Van BeethovenRead