some quotations from Paul Cezanne

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

Right now a moment is fleeting by! Capture its reality in paint! To do that we must put all else out of our minds. We must become that moment, make ourselves a sensitive recording plate. give the image of what we actually see, forgetting everything that has been seen before our time.

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Drawing and color are not distinct. As one paints, one draws. The more harmonious the color, the more accurate the drawing. When color is richest, form is most complete. The secret of drawing and modelling lies in contrast and relations of tone. Color must reveal interval in depth.

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.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

You have no idea how life-giving it is to find around one a youth that agrees not to bury one on the spot.

Provence : Glossary
famous specialities of Provence :


Aïoli - Anchoyade - Berlingot - Biscotin - Bouillabaisse - Calisson
Brousse - Fabrics - Fruit confit - Herbs of Provence - Pastis - Pissaladière - Pistou
Poutargue - Santons - Tomatoes - Ratatouille - Soap - Socca - Tapenade