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Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Age: 78 †
Born: 1841
Born: February 25
Died: 1919
Died: December 3
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The advantage of growing old is that you become aware of your mistakes more quickly.
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I have arrived more definitely than any other painter during his lifetime honours shower upon me from every side artists pay me compliments on my work there are many people to whom my position must seem enviable ... But I don't seem to have a single real friend!
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I've known painters who never did any good work because instead of painting their models they seduced them.
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