He bores me. He ought to have stuck to his flying machine. Pierre-Auguste Renoir More Quotes by Pierre-Auguste Renoir More Quotes From Pierre-Auguste Renoir Be a good craftsman; it won't stop you from being a genius. Pierre-Auguste Renoir craftsmangenius Paint with joy - with the same joy that you would make love to a woman. Pierre-Auguste Renoir paintmaking-lovejoy I want a red to be sonorous, to sound like a bell. If it doesn't turn out that way, I add more reds and other colors until I get it. Pierre-Auguste Renoir colorsoundadd Shall I tell you what I think are the two qualities of a work of art? First, it must be indescribable, and second, it must be inimitable. Pierre-Auguste Renoir twoartthinking White does not exist in nature. Pierre-Auguste Renoir whitedoe People love to be nice, but you must give them the chance. Pierre-Auguste Renoir trustnicegiving The simplest subjects are the immortal ones. Pierre-Auguste Renoir immortalsimplestsubjects Go and see what others have produced, but never copy anything except nature. You would be trying to enter into a temperament that is not yours and nothing that you would do would have any character. Pierre-Auguste Renoir would-betryingcharacter The modern architect is, generally speaking, art's greatest enemy. Pierre-Auguste Renoir bad-assbadassart The purpose of painting is to decorate the walls. Therefore it has to be as rich as possible Pierre-Auguste Renoir paintingwallpurpose If the professional schools should succeed in producing skilled workers trained in the technique of their craft, nothing could be done with them if they had no ideal. Pierre-Auguste Renoir succeedtechniqueschool A painter who has the feel of breasts and buttocks is saved. Pierre-Auguste Renoir buttocksbreastspainter I would never have taken up painting if women did not have breasts. Pierre-Auguste Renoir breastspaintingtaken I have no rules and no methods... no secrets. Pierre-Auguste Renoir methodsecret The artist who uses the least of what is called imagination will be the greatest. Pierre-Auguste Renoir artistimaginationuse I have arrived more definitely than any other painter during his lifetime; honours shower upon me from every side; artists pay me compliments on my work; there are many people to whom my position must seem enviable ... But I don't seem to have a single real friend! Pierre-Auguste Renoir artistrealpeople You've got to be a fool to want to stop the march of time. Pierre-Auguste Renoir marchfoolwant It is impossible to repeat in one period what was done in another.The pointof view isnotthesame, anymorethan are the tools, the ideals, the needs, or the painters' techniques. Pierre-Auguste Renoir techniqueviewsneeds And if out of a million visitors there is even one to whom art means something, that is enough to justify museums. Pierre-Auguste Renoir museumsmeanart It took me twenty years to discover painting: twenty years looking at nature, and above all, going to the Louvre. Pierre-Auguste Renoir paintingtwentiesyears
