The pain passes, but the beauty remains.

Quote by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Topics: Beauty Quotes, Pain 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...

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...

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

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

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;...

Certainly we have bad paintings. We have only the greatest bad paintings.

Certainly we have bad paintings. We have only the greatest bad paintings.

Identity is theft of the self

Identity is theft of the self

In my painting of the 'All -Night Cafe' I've tried to express the idea that...

In my painting of the 'All -Night Cafe' I've tried to express the idea that...

For an impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to...

For an impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to...

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is...

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is...

The majority of (painters), because they aren't colorists, do not see yellow, orange or sulphur...

The majority of (painters), because they aren't colorists, do not see yellow, orange or sulphur...

I did my sculpture as a painter. I did not work as a sculptor.

I did my sculpture as a painter. I did not work as a sculptor.

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting with the gift of speech

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting with the gift of speech

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...

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

Vermont's a place where barns come painted, Red as a strong man's heart, Where stout...

Vermont's a place where barns come painted, Red as a strong man's heart, Where stout...

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...

Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?

Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?

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.

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

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...