itself mainly in his still lifes, and the sight of them awakens in us a feeling that we can actually touch them ΓÇô the fruits on a plate, the beautiful bright red, green and yellow apples, the sour grapes, the pink onions, a plate, a porcelain fruit bowl, a salt-glazed pot, a black marble clock ΓÇô these things are real and continue to exist.ΓÇÖ Paradoxically, the strength of these works derives from their complete lack of artifice and from C┼╜zanneΓÇÖs depiction of the fundamental meaning of the objects, fruit and flowers. He once said: ΓÇÿI want to astonish Paris with an apple.ΓÇÖ He invested in these works, especially in the fruit, all his virtuosity and all his love, finding in them a universal significance.
