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 ManetYou 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 ManetThere is only one true thing: instantly paint what you see. When you've got it, you've got it. When you haven't, you begin again. All the rest is humbug.
Edouard ManetYou must always remain master of the situation and do what you please. No school tasks, ah, no! no tasks!
Edouard Manet