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Famous Pierre-Auguste Renoir Quotes
“If it [dabbling in art] didn't amuse me, I beg you to believe that I wouldn't do it.”
“Art is about emotion; if art needs to be explained it is no longer art.”
“Regularity, order, desire for perfection destroy art. Irregularity is the basis of all art.”
“There are two indices of genuine art: it is inimitable and it is ineffable.”
“One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one's capacity.”
“You come to nature with all her theories, and she knocks them all flat.”
“The modern architect is, generally speaking, art's greatest enemy.”
“Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.”
“He bores me. He ought to have stuck to his flying machine. [On Leonardo Da Vinci]”