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
believe nymphs tree
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.
today painter wells
With a limited palette, the older painters could do just as well as today what they did was sounder.
art works-of-art
"The work of art must seize upon you...carry you away."
art believe amusement
If it [dabbling in art] didn't amuse me, I beg you to believe that I wouldn't do it.
beauty fruit paint
My concern has always been to paint nudes as if they were some splendid fruit.
artist rewards should
The only reward one should offer an artist is to buy his work.
reason therapy cognitive-behavioral-therapy
Everybody has their reasons.
mean artist ivory
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.
art mean museums
And if out of a million visitors there is even one to whom art means something, that is enough to justify museums.
art thinking two
Shall I tell you what I think are the two qualities of a work of art? First, it must be indescribable, and second, it must be inimitable.
essentials painting
There are some things in painting which cannot be explained, and that something is essential.
people treasure landscape
There isn't a single person or landscape or subject which doesn't possess some interest, although it may not be immediately apparent. When a painter discovers this hidden treasure, other people are immediately struck by its beauty.
teeth steak lost
It is after you have lost your teeth that you can afford to buy steaks.
beauty flesh tiny
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.