This is an old, old story—the story of nearly every great artist of whom we have any knowledge.
The world seems to need perspective to appreciate a great man.
We are prone to think the great men have just passed away; we do not realize that men just as great in one way or another are being born every day.
The great man usually differs from the ordinary man only in his one greatness. On many sides he may be a very commonplace man, a petty man, but on his great side he is so far
CEZANNE
Portrait of Self
