Painting Quote by Albert Wolff

How many books did Renoir write on how to paint?

— Cyril Connolly

Renoir had not only a great interest in human character, in human feeling, but had also a great love for the people he painted.

— Robert Henri

“ 'Paint only what you see,' his hero Millet had admonished. 'Imagination is a burden to a painter,' Auguste Renoir had told him. 'Painters…

— Christopher Moore

Manet wanted one day to paint my wife and children. Renoir was there. He took a canvas and began painting them, too. After a…

— Claude Monet

I admired anybody who could make a buck with his drawing.

— Jack Kirby

My little Renoirs. Matisse describes having seen Renoir make these tiny canvases. When he had finished working, he would use up the color left…

— Jean Cocteau

The great French Impressionist painter Renoir, right at the end of his very long life, said to a friend, "I am just now learning…

— Roger Housden

“He agreed with David Hockney that an artist really had to be able to draw before anything else could be achieved.”

— Alexander McCall Smith

“What was the point of accurately rendering sketches, when everyone could draw up the same picture in their minds? What was special about being…

— Michael Walterich

“He has no talent at all, that boy! You, who are his friend, tell him, please, to give up painting. –--Manet to Monet, on…

— Manet

The great painter has something to say. He does not paint men, landscapes, or furniture; but an idea.

— Robert Henri

“He had always loved to draw and paint, begging to be bought pencils, paint boxes, and paper rather than toys, spending hours wrapped up…

— Philip Norman