Paul Cézanne Quote

That's my great ambition. To be sure! Every time I attack a canvas I feel convinced, I believe that something's going to come of it... But I immediately remember that I've always failed before. Then I taste blood... I never know where I am going or where I want to go with this damned profession. All the theories mess you up inside.

p. 206 in: 'What he told me – III. The Studio' - Joachim Gasquet's Cézanne, - a Memoir with Conversations, (1897 - 1906)

That's my great ambition. To be sure! Every time I attack a canvas I feel convinced, I believe that something's going to come of it... But I...

That's my great ambition. To be sure! Every time I attack a canvas I feel convinced, I believe that something's going to come of it... But I...

That's my great ambition. To be sure! Every time I attack a canvas I feel convinced, I believe that something's going to come of it... But I...

That's my great ambition. To be sure! Every time I attack a canvas I feel convinced, I believe that something's going to come of it... But I...