"Be a good craftsman; it won't stop you…" — Pierre-Auguste Renoir
"Be a good craftsman; it won't stop you from being a genius."
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76 Quotes by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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The modern architect is, generally speaking, art's greatest enemy.
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An artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature.
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I've never let one day go by without painting, or at least without drawing.
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One morning, one of us ran out of the black, it was the birth of Impressionism.
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People love to be nice, but you must give them the chance.
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Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.
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To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things…
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The work of art must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself, carry you away. It is the means…
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There are quite enough unpleasant things in life without the need to manufacture more.
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When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished.
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We are in a period of searchers rather than of creators.
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If you paint the leaf on a tree without using a model, your imagination will only supply you with a…
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When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other…
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Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.
— John Calvin
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There's an old saying,'It's a poor craftsman who blames his tools.' It's usually the player who misses those three-footers, not…
— Kathy Whitworth
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For, in truth, an image is only dead matter shaped by the craftsman's hand. But we have no sensible image…
— Clement of Alexandria
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The field of scientific abstraction encompasses independent kingdoms of ideas and of experiments and within these, rulers whose fame outlasts…
— Fritz Haber
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Nevertheless, the Tenth Commandment-'Thou shalt not covet'-recognizes that making money and owning things could become selfish activities. But it is…
— Margaret Thatcher
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The movies today are too rich to have any room for genuine artists. They produce a few passable craftsmen, but…
— H. L. Mencken
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A doctor, like anyone else who has to deal with human beings, each of them unique, cannot be a scientist;…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
— Man Ray
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The ultimate aim of all artistic activity is building! ... Architects, sculptors, painters, we must all get back to craft!…
— Walter Gropius
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If America could be, once again, a nation of self-reliant farmers, craftsmen, hunters, ranchers, and artists, then the rich would…
— Edward Abbey
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There are no bigger donkeys than these workers.... Look at our 'craftsmen'; Sad that world history should be be made…
— Karl Marx
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