I look at a nude. There are myriads of tiny tints. I must find the ones that will make the flesh on my canvas live and quiver. 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 nymphssimplicitymuseums 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 paintgaypeople 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 nymphstreebelieve With a limited palette, the older painters could do just as well as today what they did was sounder. Pierre-Auguste Renoir painterwellstoday "The work of art must seize upon you...carry you away." Pierre-Auguste Renoir works-of-artart 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 blackqueensyears 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 landscapetreasurepeople There are quite enough unpleasant things in life without the need to manufacture more. Pierre-Auguste Renoir things-in-lifeenoughneeds 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 paintingmatterart The most important element in a picture cannot be defined. Pierre-Auguste Renoir definedelementsimportant I've never let one day go by without painting, or at least without drawing. Pierre-Auguste Renoir paintingdrawingone-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 understandingoppositesart An artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature. Pierre-Auguste Renoir confidencepainreal Everybody has their reasons. Pierre-Auguste Renoir cognitive-behavioral-therapytherapyreason
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