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Auguste Renoir Quotes
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Famous Auguste Renoir Quotations
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir (February 25, 1841-December 3, 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty, and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau"
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- I've been 40 years discovering that the queen of all colors was black. Auguste Renoir »
- 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 monotonous. Auguste Renoir »
- 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 to nature with your theories, and she knocks them all flat. Auguste Renoir »
- The work of art must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself and carry you away. It is the means by which the artist conveys his passion. It is the current which he puts forth which sweeps you along in his passion. Auguste Renoir »
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