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Auguste Renoir Quotes: "To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them."

To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "The pain passes, but the beauty remains."

The pain passes, but the beauty remains.




Auguste Renoir Quotes: "Art is about emotion; if art needs to be explained it is no longer art."

Art is about emotion; if art needs to be explained it is no longer art.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished."

When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished.




Auguste Renoir Quotes: "One morning, one of us ran out of the black, it was the birth of Impressionism."

One morning, one of us ran out of the black, it was the birth of Impressionism.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "Work lovingly done is the secret of all order and all happiness."

Work lovingly done is the secret of all order and all happiness.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world."

Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.




Auguste Renoir Quotes: "One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one's capacity."

One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one's capacity.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "Photography freed painting from a lot of tiresome chores, starting with family portraits."

Photography freed painting from a lot of tiresome chores, starting with family portraits.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "Regularity, order, desire for perfection destroy art. Irregularity is the basis of all art."

Regularity, order, desire for perfection destroy art. Irregularity is the basis of all art.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "I like a painting which makes me want to stroll in it."

I like a painting which makes me want to stroll in it.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "I need to feel the excitement of life stirring around me, and I will always need to feel that."

I need to feel the excitement of life stirring around me, and I will always need to feel that.




Auguste Renoir Quotes: "Paint with joy - with the same joy that you would make love to a woman."

Paint with joy - with the same joy that you would make love to a woman.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "I consider that women who are authors, lawyers, and politicians are monsters."

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



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "The advantage of growing old is that you become aware of your mistakes more quickly."

The advantage of growing old is that you become aware of your mistakes more quickly.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "About 1883 something like a break occurred in my work. I had reached the end of 'impressionism,' and I had come to realize that I did not know how to paint or draw."

About 1883 something like a break occurred in my work. I had reached the end of 'impressionism,' and I had come to realize that I did not know how to paint or draw.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "It's with my brush that I make love."

It's with my brush that I make love.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "People love to be nice, but you must give them the chance."

People love to be nice, but you must give them the chance.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "It is after you have lost your teeth that you can afford to buy steaks."

It is after you have lost your teeth that you can afford to buy steaks.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "White does not exist in nature."

White does not exist in nature.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "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."

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.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "What is to be done about these literary people, who will never understand that painting is a craft and that the material side comes first? The ideas come afterwards, when the picture is finished."

What is to be done about these literary people, who will never understand that painting is a craft and that the material side comes first? The ideas come afterwards, when the picture is finished.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "We are in a period of searchers rather than of creators."

We are in a period of searchers rather than of creators.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "Be a good craftsman; it won't stop you from being a genius."

Be a good craftsman; it won't stop you from being a genius.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "The simplest subjects are the immortal ones."

The simplest subjects are the immortal ones.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "I have no rules and no methods... no secrets."

I have no rules and no methods... no secrets.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "God, the king of artists, was clumsy."

God, the king of artists, was clumsy.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "The ideas come afterwards, when the picture is finished."

The ideas come afterwards, when the picture is finished.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "You don't talk about paintings, you look at them."

You don't talk about paintings, you look at them.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "The purpose of painting is to decorate the walls. Therefore it has to be as rich as possible"

The purpose of painting is to decorate the walls. Therefore it has to be as rich as possible



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "The artist who uses the least of what is called imagination will be the greatest."

The artist who uses the least of what is called imagination will be the greatest.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "I've known painters who never did any good work because instead of painting their models they seduced them."

I've known painters who never did any good work because instead of painting their models they seduced them.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "Do not think that it is possible to repeat another period."

Do not think that it is possible to repeat another period.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "My concern has always been to paint nudes as if they were some splendid fruit."

My concern has always been to paint nudes as if they were some splendid fruit.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "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."

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.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "I arrange my subject as I want it, then I go ahead and paint it, like a child."

I arrange my subject as I want it, then I go ahead and paint it, like a child.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "One can thus state, without fear of being wrong, that every truly artistic production has been conceived and executed according to the principle of irregularity."

One can thus state, without fear of being wrong, that every truly artistic production has been conceived and executed according to the principle of irregularity.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: ""The work of art must seize upon you...carry you away.""

"The work of art must seize upon you...carry you away."



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "To get someone to pose, you have to be very good friends and above all speak the language."

To get someone to pose, you have to be very good friends and above all speak the language.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "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!"

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!



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "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."

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.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "Religion is everywhere. It is in the mind, in the heart, in the love you put into what you do."

Religion is everywhere. It is in the mind, in the heart, in the love you put into what you do.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "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."

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.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "An artist must eat sparingly and give up a normal way of life."

An artist must eat sparingly and give up a normal way of life.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "Why should beauty be suspect?"

Why should beauty be suspect?



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "How is it that in the so-called barbarian ages art was understood, whereas in our age of progress exactly the opposite is true?"

How is it that in the so-called barbarian ages art was understood, whereas in our age of progress exactly the opposite is true?



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "If it [dabbling in art] didn't amuse me, I beg you to believe that I wouldn't do it."

If it [dabbling in art] didn't amuse me, I beg you to believe that I wouldn't do it.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "You come to nature with all her theories, and she knocks them all flat."

You come to nature with all her theories, and she knocks them all flat.



Auguste Renoir Quotes: "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."

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.