124 Quotes by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Work lovingly done is the secret of all order and all happiness.

One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one’s capacity.

I just keep painting till I feel like pinching. Then I know it’s right.

You don’t talk about paintings, you look at them.

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 see the Titians for yourself, and if they have no effect on you, then you don’t understand the first thing about painting. And I wouldn’t be able to help you.

Be a good craftsman; it won’t stop you from being a genius.

I’ve spent my life making blunders.

You’ve got to be a fool to want to stop the march of time.

Paint with joy – with the same joy that you would make love to a woman.