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Nothing costs so little, goes so far, and accomplishes so much as a single act of merciful service.
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 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.
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To be an artist you must learn the laws of nature.
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What I like so much about Corot is that he can say everything with a bit of tree and it was Corot himself that I found [back] in the museum of Naples - in the simplicity of the work of Pompeii and the Egyptians. These priestesses in their silver-grey tunics are just like Corot's nymphs.
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I have no rules and no methods... no secrets.
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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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And if out of a million visitors there is even one to whom art means something, that is enough to justify museums.
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A painter who has the feel of breasts and buttocks is saved.
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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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One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one's capacity.
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I'm still afflicted with the malady of research. I don't like what I do, and I paint it out, and paint it out again. I hope this mania will come to an end... I'm like a child at school. The white page must always be evenly written and slap! bang! and there's a blot! I'm still blotting and I'm forty years old.
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When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished.
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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.
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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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You haven't time to think about the composition. In working directly from nature, the painter ends up by simply aiming at an effect, and not composing the picture at all and he soon becomes monotonous.
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I just keep painting till I feel like pinching. Then I know it's right.
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Why should beauty be suspect?
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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.
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To get someone to pose, you have to be very good friends and above all speak the language.
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I consider that women who are authors, lawyers, and politicians are monsters.
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They tell you that a tree is only a combination of chemical elements. I prefer to believe that God created it, and that it is inhabited by a nymph.
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