Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world..

I've spent my life making blunders..

I would never have taken up painting if women did not have breasts..

Regularity, order, desire for perfection destroy art. Irregularity is the basis of all art..

One morning, one of us ran out of the black, it was the birth of Impressionism..

The so-called 'discoveries' of the Impressionists could not have been unknown to the old masters; and if they made no use of them, it was because all….

It is impossible to repeat in one period what was done in another.The pointof view isnotthesame, anymorethan are the tools, the ideals, the needs, or….

I'm still afflicted with the malady of research. I don't like what I do, and I paint it out, and paint it out again. I hope this mania will come to a….

About 1883 something like a break occurred in my work. I had reached the end of 'impressionism,' and I had come to realize that I did not know how to….

It is not enough for a painter to be a clever craftsman; he must love to 'caress' his canvas, too..

If the painter works directly from nature, he ultimately looks for nothing but momentary effects; he does not try to compose, and soon he gets monoto….

"The work of art must seize upon you...carry you away.".

The purpose of painting is to decorate the walls. Therefore it has to be as rich as possible.

People love to be nice, but you must give them the chance..

My concern has always been to paint nudes as if they were some splendid fruit..

Be a good craftsman; it won't stop you from being a genius..

Shall I tell you what I think are the two qualities of a work of art? First, it must be indescribable, and second, it must be inimitable..

The pain passes, but the beauty remains..

In painting, as in the other arts, there's not a single process, no matter how insignificant, which can be reasonably made into a formula. You come t….

White does not exist in nature..

God, the king of artists, was clumsy..