"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

19 January 2014

Happy birthday, Cezanne.

Cezanne, Madame Cezanne with Hortensias, 1885


Paul Cezanne was born on this date in 1839.

What I am trying to translate to you is more mysterious; it is entwined in the very roots of being, in the implacable source of sensations.

Paul Cezanne

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