Black is not a color.
Color is a matter of taste and of sensitivity.
I need to work to feel well.
I would kiss you, had I the courage.
Insults are pouring down on me as thick as hail.
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.
No one can be a painter unless he cares for painting above all else.
That's always been my principal concern, to make sure of getting regular sittings.
The attacks of which I have been the object have broken the spring of life in me... People don't realize what it feels like to be constantly insulted.
There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.
There is only one true thing: instantly paint what you see. When you've got it, you've got it. When you haven't, you begin again. All the rest is humbug.
This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man.
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.
You're on very good terms with Renoir and take an interest in his future - do advise him to give up painting! You can see for yourself that it's not his metier at all.
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