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

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...

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;...

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

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

The pain passes, but the beauty remains.

The pain passes, but the beauty remains.

Charm is more than just beauty.

Charm is more than just beauty.

Here, with whitened hair, desires failing, strength ebbing out of him, with the sun gone...

Here, with whitened hair, desires failing, strength ebbing out of him, with the sun gone...

As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it...

As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it...

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness! A beautiful woman...

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness! A beautiful woman...

Female beauty is an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am...

Female beauty is an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am...

It's [beauty] a kind of radiance. People who possess a true inner beauty, their eyes...

It's [beauty] a kind of radiance. People who possess a true inner beauty, their eyes...

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.

The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.

The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.

Beauty isn't about having a pretty face, it's about having a pretty mind, a pretty...

Beauty isn't about having a pretty face, it's about having a pretty mind, a pretty...

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not...

Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not...

The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding...

The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding...

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we...

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we...

Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to...

Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to...

Are we changing the idea of what beauty is? Let's hope so. I'm not the...

Are we changing the idea of what beauty is? Let's hope so. I'm not the...

Next time you look at someone thinking, 'I wish I was that pretty.' remember that...

Next time you look at someone thinking, 'I wish I was that pretty.' remember that...

For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it...

For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it...