Berthe Morisot was a painter full of eighteenth-century delicacy and grace; in a word, the last elegant and 'feminine' artists since Fragonard. Pierre-Auguste Renoir More Quotes by Pierre-Auguste Renoir More Quotes From Pierre-Auguste Renoir 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. Pierre-Auguste Renoir nymphs simplicity museums People will keep on taking them for theorists, when all they wanted was to paint in gay, bright colours, like the old masters. Pierre-Auguste Renoir paint gay people 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. Pierre-Auguste Renoir nymphs tree believe With a limited palette, the older painters could do just as well as today what they did was sounder. Pierre-Auguste Renoir painter wells today "The work of art must seize upon you...carry you away." Pierre-Auguste Renoir works-of-art art With all their damned talk of modern painting, I've been forty years discovering that the queen of all colours is black! Pierre-Auguste Renoir black queens years There isn't a single person or landscape or subject which doesn't possess some interest, although it may not be immediately apparent. When a painter discovers this hidden treasure, other people are immediately struck by its beauty. Pierre-Auguste Renoir landscape treasure people There are quite enough unpleasant things in life without the need to manufacture more. Pierre-Auguste Renoir things-in-life enough needs 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. Pierre-Auguste Renoir painting matter art The most important element in a picture cannot be defined. Pierre-Auguste Renoir defined elements important I've never let one day go by without painting, or at least without drawing. Pierre-Auguste Renoir painting drawing one-day How is it that in the so-called barbarian ages art was understood, whereas in our age of progress exactly the opposite is true? Pierre-Auguste Renoir understanding opposites art An artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature. Pierre-Auguste Renoir confidence pain real Everybody has their reasons. Pierre-Auguste Renoir cognitive-behavioral-therapy therapy reason