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> [To express himself well, the artist should be hidden. The trouble is that if an artist knows he has genius, he's done for. The only salvation is to work like a labourer, and not have delusions of grandeur.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-auguste-renoir/to-express-himself-well-the-artist-should-be-hidden-the-trouble-is/)

[Pierre-Auguste Renoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-auguste-renoir/)

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## More by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

> [I would never have taken up painting if women did not have breasts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-auguste-renoir/i-would-never-have-taken-up-painting-if-women-did-not-have-breasts/)

[Pierre-Auguste Renoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-auguste-renoir/)

> [To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-auguste-renoir/to-my-mind-a-picture-should-be-something-pleasant-cheerful-and-pretty/)

[Pierre-Auguste Renoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-auguste-renoir/)

> [There are two indices of genuine art: it is inimitable and it is ineffable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-auguste-renoir/there-are-two-indices-of-genuine-art-it-is-inimitable-and-it-is/)

[Pierre-Auguste Renoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-auguste-renoir/)

> [I have no rules and no methods... no secrets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-auguste-renoir/i-have-no-rules-and-no-methods-no-secrets/)

[Pierre-Auguste Renoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-auguste-renoir/)

> [A fat lot of good it would do if I told you that Titian's courtesans make you want to caress them. Some day you'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-auguste-renoir/a-fat-lot-of-good-it-would-do-if-i-told-you-that-titian-s-courtesans/)

[Pierre-Auguste Renoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-auguste-renoir/)

> [Regularity, order, desire for perfection destroy art. Irregularity is the basis of all art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-auguste-renoir/regularity-order-desire-for-perfection-destroy-art-irregularity-is/)

[Pierre-Auguste Renoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-auguste-renoir/)

> [There are quite enough unpleasant things in life without the need to manufacture more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-auguste-renoir/there-are-quite-enough-unpleasant-things-in-life-without-the-need-to/)

[Pierre-Auguste Renoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-auguste-renoir/)

> [The only reward one should offer an artist is to buy his work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-auguste-renoir/the-only-reward-one-should-offer-an-artist-is-to-buy-his-work/)

[Pierre-Auguste Renoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-auguste-renoir/)

> [How is it that in the so-called barbarian ages art was understood, whereas in our age of progress exactly the opposite is true?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-auguste-renoir/how-is-it-that-in-the-so-called-barbarian-ages-art-was-understood/)

[Pierre-Auguste Renoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-auguste-renoir/)

> [Be a good craftsman; it won't stop you from being a genius.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-auguste-renoir/be-a-good-craftsman-it-won-t-stop-you-from-being-a-genius/)

[Pierre-Auguste Renoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-auguste-renoir/)

> [White does not exist in nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-auguste-renoir/white-does-not-exist-in-nature/)

[Pierre-Auguste Renoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-auguste-renoir/)

> [I have a horror of the word 'flesh', which has become so shopworn.Why not 'meat'whilethey're about it? What I like is skin, a young…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-auguste-renoir/i-have-a-horror-of-the-word-flesh-which-has-become-so-shopworn-why/)

[Pierre-Auguste Renoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-auguste-renoir/)

> [Art is about emotion; if art needs to be explained it is no longer art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-auguste-renoir/art-is-about-emotion-if-art-needs-to-be-explained-it-is-no-longer-art/)

[Pierre-Auguste Renoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-auguste-renoir/)

> [I just keep painting till I feel like pinching. Then I know it's right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-auguste-renoir/i-just-keep-painting-till-i-feel-like-pinching-then-i-know-it-s-right/)

[Pierre-Auguste Renoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-auguste-renoir/)

> [I arrange my subject as I want it, then I go ahead and paint it, like a child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-auguste-renoir/i-arrange-my-subject-as-i-want-it-then-i-go-ahead-and-paint-it-like-a/)

[Pierre-Auguste Renoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-auguste-renoir/)

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