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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.
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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My concern has always been to paint nudes as if they were some splendid fruit.
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I arrange my subject as I want it, then I go ahead and paint it, like a child.
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I have a horror of the word 'flesh', which has become so shopworn.Why not 'meat'whilethey're about it? What I like is skin, a young girl's skin that is pink and shows that she has a good circulation.
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It is not enough for a painter to be a clever craftsman he must love to 'caress' his canvas, too.
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Be a good craftsman it won't stop you from being a genius.
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