There are some things in painting which cannot be explained, and that something is essential.
Pierre-Auguste RenoirI had wrung impressionism dry and I finally came to the conclusion that I know neither how to paint nor how to draw.
Pierre-Auguste RenoirIf the painter works directly from nature, he ultimately looks for nothing but momentary effects; he does not try to compose, and soon he gets monotonous.
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAnd if out of a million visitors there is even one to whom art means something, that is enough to justify museums.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir