Painting, like any art, comprises a technique, a workmanlike handling of material, but the accuracy of a tone and the fictitious combination of effects depend entirely on the choice made by the artist.
Paul CezanneThe painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.
Paul CezanneAn 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 CezanneShadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones.
Paul Cezanne