Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, commonly known as Auguste Renoir, was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty, and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau."...
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth25 February 1841
CityLimoges, France
Pierre-Auguste Renoir quotes about
doors light trouble
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.
gay people paint
People will keep on taking them for theorists, when all they wanted was to paint in gay, bright colours, like the old masters.
artist genius done
to express himself well, the artist should be hidden... The trouble is that if an artist knows he has genius, he's done for. The only salvation is to work like a labourer, and not have delusions of grandeur.
views needs tools
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.
making-love brushes
It's with my brush that I make love.
monsters lawyer politician
I consider that women who are authors, lawyers, and politicians are monsters.
essentials painting
There are some things in painting which cannot be explained, and that something is essential.
teeth steak lost
It is after you have lost your teeth that you can afford to buy steaks.
things-in-life needs enough
There are quite enough unpleasant things in life without the need to manufacture more.
reason therapy cognitive-behavioral-therapy
Everybody has their reasons.
color bells want
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.
flying machines stuck
He bores me. He ought to have stuck to his flying machine. [On Leonardo Da Vinci]
queens years black
With all their damned talk of modern painting, I've been forty years discovering that the queen of all colours is black!
today painter wells
With a limited palette, the older painters could do just as well as today what they did was sounder.