Cezanne's doubt by Maurice Merleav-Ponty is an article that touches on the life of painter Paul Cezanne, his techniques and theories. Maurice also reflects on Leonardo de Vinci’s life and how things that happen to people as children often shape the way they are as adults. The author writes about how the way artist are in life can often reflect their painting style.  Although the author says that the meanings of his (Cezanne)  paintings can not be determined by his life, which seems to contradict the whole second half of the article. Painting for Cezanne was a “flight from the human world, the alienation of his humanity”. “There is a relationship between Cezanne’s schizoid temperament and his work because the work reveals a metaphysical meaning of his illness...."