Best Quotes by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Top 8)

  1. 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.
  2. The pain passes, but the beauty remains.
  3. Why shouldn't art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.
  4. When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished.
  5. The work of art must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself, carry you away. It is the means by which the artist conveys his passion; it is the current which he puts forth which sweeps you along in his passion.
  6. One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one's capacity.
  7. If you paint the leaf on a tree without using a model, your imagination will only supply you with a few leaves; but Nature offers you millions, all on the same tree. No two leaves are exactly the same. The artist who paints only what is in his mind must very soon repeat himself.
  8. I consider that women who are authors, lawyers, and politicians are monsters.