Pierre-Auguste Renoir Quotes
19 quotes • Painter • Age 78
"The pain passes, but the beauty remains."
"To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them."
"Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world."
"I've been 40 years discovering that the queen of all colors was black."
"Art is about emotion; if art needs to be explained it is no longer art."
"When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished."
"One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one's capacity."
"There are quite enough unpleasant things in life without the need to manufacture more."
"We are in a period of searchers rather than of creators."
"You come to nature with all your theories, and she knocks them all flat."
"The work of art must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself, carry you away. It is the means by which the artist conveys his passion; it is the current which he puts forth which sweeps you along in his passion."
"If you paint the leaf on a tree without using a model, your imagination will only supply you with a few leaves; but Nature offers you millions, all on the same tree. No two leaves are exactly the same. The artist who paints only what is in his mind must very soon repeat himself."