Edouard Manet

No one can be a painter unless he cares for painting above all else.

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.

There is only one true thing: Instantly paint what you see.

I paint what I see and not what others like to see.

Concision in art is a necessity and an elegance. The verbose painter bores: who will get rid of all these trimmings?