He has no talent at all, that boy! You, who are his friend, tell him, please, to give up painting.–--Manet to Monet, on Renoir---
~ Edouard Manet
There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.
The country has charms only for those not obliged to stay there.
It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more.
I would kiss you, had I the courage.
You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate all the interest on this single and universal figure and still keep it living and real.
