Paul Cezanne, the great painter said “With an apple I will astonish Paris.” What could possibly turn the heads of late 19th century French art critics? Something simple, done incredibly well. Cezanne ended up painting quite a few apples. Here are some:
I looked up other quotes by Cezanne and came across this one:
When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art.
Postmoderns would of course reject his definition of”art” in this case, but I do not.