“ The country has charms only for those not obliged to stay there. ”
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.
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.
