In painting, as in the other arts, there's not a single process, no matter how insignificant, which can be reasonably made into a formula. You come to nature with your theories, and she knocks them all flat.

Quote by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Topics: Painting Quotes

If the painter works directly from nature, he ultimately looks for nothing but momentary effects;...

If the painter works directly from nature, he ultimately looks for nothing but momentary effects;...

The pain passes, but the beauty remains.

The pain passes, but the beauty remains.

To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There...

To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There...

I consider women who are authors, lawyers and politicians are monsters

I consider women who are authors, lawyers and politicians are monsters

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind...

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind...

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most...

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most...

Paint a rainbow inside of you, paint a rainbow, let your smile shine through. When...

Paint a rainbow inside of you, paint a rainbow, let your smile shine through. When...

Color possesses me. I don't have to pursue it. It will possess me always, I...

Color possesses me. I don't have to pursue it. It will possess me always, I...

I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made...

I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made...

Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas.

Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas.

I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come...

I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come...

I don't own any of my own paintings because a Picasso original costs several thousand...

I don't own any of my own paintings because a Picasso original costs several thousand...

Painting is the grandchild of nature. It is related to God.

Painting is the grandchild of nature. It is related to God.

Anyone who sees and paints a sky green and fields blue ought to be sterilized.

Anyone who sees and paints a sky green and fields blue ought to be sterilized.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into...

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into...

I inherited a painting and a violin which turned out to be a Rembrandt and...

I inherited a painting and a violin which turned out to be a Rembrandt and...

Lawyers and painters can soon change white to black

Lawyers and painters can soon change white to black

Maybe he's only a little bit crazy, like painters, or composers, or some of those...

Maybe he's only a little bit crazy, like painters, or composers, or some of those...

Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures...

Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures...

When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier,...

When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier,...