Edouard Manet
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.Collection: Science
There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.Collection: Nature
I would kiss you, had I the courage.Collection: Courage
Insults are pouring down on me as thick as hail.
I need to work to feel well.
Color is a matter of taste and of sensitivity.
No one can be a painter unless he cares for painting above all else.
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.
Black is not a color.
This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man.
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.
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.
Every new painting is like throwing myself into the water without knowing how to swim.Collection: Knowing
I paint what I see and not what others like to see.Collection: Paint
Who is this Monet whose name sounds just like mine and who is taking advantage of my notoriety?Collection: Names
There is only one true thing: Instantly paint what you see.Collection: Paint
The principal person in a picture is light.Collection: Light
Conciseness in art is essential and a refinement. The concise man makes one think; the verbose bores. Always work towards conciseness.Collection: Art
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.Collection: Eye
Above all, keep your colors fresh!Collection: Color
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.Collection: Memories
One must be of one's time and paint what one sees.Collection: Paint
Color is a matter of taste and sensitivity.Collection: Color
I paint as I feel like painting; to hell with all their studies.Collection: Study
The latest fashion… is absolutely necessary for a painting. It’s what matters most.Collection: Fashion
The country only has charms for those not obliged to stay there.Collection: Country
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.Collection: Lucky
There is no symmetry in nature. One eye is never exactly the same as the other.Collection: Eye
Concision in art is a necessity and an elegance. The verbose painter bores: who will get rid of all these trimmings?Collection: Art
You must always remain master of the situation and do what you please. No school tasks, ah, no! no tasks!Collection: School