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GREAT QUOTES OF PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR
“The pain passes, but the beauty remains.” - Pierre Auguste Renoir
“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.” - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
“Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.” - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
“I've been 40 years discovering that the queen of all colors was black.” - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
“When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished.” - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
“One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one's capacity.” - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
“We are in a period of searchers rather than of creators.” - Pierre Auguste Renoir
“There are quite enough unpleasant things in life without the need to manufacture more.” - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
“Art is about emotion; if art needs to be explained it is no longer art.” - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
“You come to nature with all your theories, and she knocks them all flat.” - Renoir