Edouard Manet quotes
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“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.”
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“There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.”
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“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.”
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“There is only one true thing: Instantly paint what you see.”
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“The latest fashion… is absolutely necessary for a painting. It’s what matters most.”
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“Color is a matter of taste and sensitivity.”
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“Every time I paint, I throw myself into the water in order to learn how to swim.”
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“Conciseness in art is essential and a refinement. The concise man makes one think; the verbose bores. Always work towards conciseness.”
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“You must always remain master of the situation and do what you please. No school tasks, ah, no! no tasks!”
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“The country only has charms for those not obliged to stay there.”
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“The principal person in a picture is light.”
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“In a face, look for the main light and the main shadow; the rest will come naturally — it's often not important. And then you must cultivate your memory, because Nature will only provide you with references. Nature is like a warden in a lunatic asylum. It stops you from becoming banal.”
-- Edouard ManetSource : "Portrait of Manet by himself and his contemporaries". Book edited by Pierre Courthion, p. 98, 1960.
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“There is no symmetry in nature. One eye is never exactly the same as the other.”
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“If I'm lucky, when I paint, first my patrons leave the room, then my dealers, and if I'm really lucky I leave too.”
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“There's no symmetry in nature. One eye is never exactly the same as the other. There's always a difference. We all have a more or less crooked nose and an irregular mouth.”
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“I paint as I feel like painting; to hell with all their studies.”
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“Every new painting is like throwing myself into the water without knowing how to swim.”
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“This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man.”
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“Insults are pouring down on me as thick as hail.”
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“Concision in art is a necessity and an elegance. The verbose painter bores: who will get rid of all these trimmings?”
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“Who is this Monet whose name sounds just like mine and who is taking advantage of my notoriety?”
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“One must be of one's time and paint what one sees.”
-- Edouard ManetSource : "Edouard Manet: Symphony in off-white" by Julian Barnes, www.theguardian.com. April 15, 2011.
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“No one can be a painter unless he cares for painting above all else.”
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“I paint what I see and not what others like to see.”
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