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Shall I tell you what I think are the two qualities of a work of art? First, it must be indescribable, and second, it must be inimitable.
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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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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The artist who uses the least of what is called imagination will be the greatest.
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With all their damned talk of modern painting, I've been forty years discovering that the queen of all colours is black!
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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 had wrung impressionism dry and I finally came to the conclusion that I know neither how to paint nor how to draw.
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The work of art must seize upon you...carry you away.
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The advantage of growing old is that you become aware of your mistakes more quickly.
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