Edouard Manet

Quotes by Edouard Manet

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Painter · French · 1832–1883

French painter (1832–1883)

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“I would kiss you, had I the courage.”

“The country has charms only for those not obliged to stay there.”

“There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.”

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

“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.”

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“He has no talent at all, that boy! You, who are his friend, tell him, please, to give up painting.--Manet to Monet, on Renoir---”
— Edouard Manet
art giving-up

“There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.”
— Edouard Manet
artist inspirational painter poetic

“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.”
— Edouard Manet
Imagination Know You

“I would kiss you, had I the courage.”
— Edouard Manet
Kiss You Would

“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.”
— Edouard Manet
Believe Living You

“The country has charms only for those not obliged to stay there.”
— Edouard Manet
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