Your comment on the paradoxical nature of constraints reminds me of Harvey Rayner relating constraints to grammar and rules in language: You need them to say anything meaningful at all.
Peter Bauman, DEAFBEEF on (Im)permanence
And just last week we had a call with Harvey Rayner, well, actually Twitter Spaces, and he also mentioned that Cézanne's color work is a direct inspiration for him.
thefunnyguys, Kate Vass on the Modern Era, 1850–1940s