Everybody's going crazy over the Impressionists; what art needs is a Poussin made over according to nature. There you have it in a nutshell. (Paul Cézanne)

Everybody's going crazy over the Impressionists; what art needs is a Poussin made over according to nature. There you have it in a nutshell.

Paul Cézanne

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