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It is not enough for a painter to be a clever craftsman he must love to 'caress' his canvas, too.
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 consider that women who are authors, lawyers, and politicians are monsters.
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Paint with joy - with the same joy that you would make love to a woman.
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Be a good craftsman it won't stop you from being a genius.
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I have no rules and no methods... no secrets.
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You come to nature with all her theories, and she knocks them all flat.
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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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