If the painter works directly from nature, he ultimately looks for nothing but momentary effects; he does not try to compose, and soon he gets monotonous.

Quote by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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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...

The pain passes, but the beauty remains.

The pain passes, but the beauty remains.

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

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

In painting, as in the other arts, there's not a single process, no matter how...

In painting, as in the other arts, there's not a single process, no matter how...

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...

A picture is the expression of an impression. If the beautiful were not in us,...

A picture is the expression of an impression. If the beautiful were not in us,...

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...

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

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...

One fine day as my mother was putting the bread in the oven, I went...

One fine day as my mother was putting the bread in the oven, I went...

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

One day a student asked Taiga, What is the most difficult part of painting? Taiga...

One day a student asked Taiga, What is the most difficult part of painting? Taiga...

If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.

If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.

Why does the blind man's wife paint herself

Why does the blind man's wife paint herself

Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas.

Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas.

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far...

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far...

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas,...

Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas,...

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...