Color is the place where our brain meets the universe.

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Color is the place where our brain meets the universe.

In the original French

La couleur est le lieu où notre cerveau rencontre l’univers.

Paul Cezanne

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Color Perception

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Paul Cezanne

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Cézanne, Paul. Cézanne: A Memoir with Conversations, 1897 - 1906. Thames and Hudson, 1991. Originally stated during a conversion with Joachim Gasquet, c. 1906.

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