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Everything in nature is formed upon the sphere, the cone and the cylinder. One must learn to paint these simple figures and then one can do all that he may wish.

Paul Cezanne

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Paul Cezanne
Age: 67 †
Born: 1839
Born: January 19
Died: 1906
Died: October 23
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