Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world. Pierre-Auguste Renoir More Quotes by Pierre-Auguste Renoir More Quotes From Pierre-Auguste Renoir We are in a period of searchers rather than of creators. Pierre-Auguste Renoir searchers creator periods I've spent my life making blunders. Pierre-Auguste Renoir blunders It is after you have lost your teeth that you can afford to buy steaks. Pierre-Auguste Renoir sarcasm sarcastic inspirational There are some things in painting which cannot be explained, and that something is essential. Pierre-Auguste Renoir painting essentials It is not enough for a painter to be a clever craftsman; he must love to 'caress' his canvas, too. Pierre-Auguste Renoir canvas enough clever I never think I have finished a nude until I think I could pinch it. Pierre-Auguste Renoir finished finishing thinking To get someone to pose, you have to be very good friends and above all speak the language. Pierre-Auguste Renoir portraiture good-friend language Out-of-doors there is a greater variety of light than in the studio, where the light is always the same. But that is just the trouble; one is carried away by the light, and besides, one can't see what one is doing. Pierre-Auguste Renoir light trouble doors I have a horror of the word 'flesh', which has become so shopworn.Why not 'meat'whilethey're about it? What I like is skin, a young girl's skin that is pink and shows that she has a good circulation. Pierre-Auguste Renoir girl skins meat I have a predilection for painting that lends joyousness to a wall. Pierre-Auguste Renoir painting wall The only reward one should offer an artist is to buy his work. Pierre-Auguste Renoir rewards artist should Progress in painting, there's no such thing! ...One day I went and changed the yellow on my palette. Well, the result was, I floundered for ten years! Pierre-Auguste Renoir progress yellow years In a few generations you can breed a racehorse. The recipe for making a man like Delacroix is less well known. Pierre-Auguste Renoir generations recipes men On the whole, the modern palette is the same as the one used by the artists of Pompeii... I mean it has not been enriched. The ancients used earths, ochres, and ivory-black - you can do anything with that palette. Pierre-Auguste Renoir ivory artist mean To be an artist you must learn the laws of nature. Pierre-Auguste Renoir laws-of-nature artist law 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 flesh beauty looks If it [dabbling in art] didn't amuse me, I beg you to believe that I wouldn't do it. Pierre-Auguste Renoir amusement believe art You don't talk about paintings, you look at them. Pierre-Auguste Renoir painting looks 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 delicacy artist grace Why should beauty be suspect? Pierre-Auguste Renoir suspects should beauty
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