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Edouard Manet quotes: I paint as I feel like painting; to hell with all their studies.

I paint as I feel like painting; to hell with all their studies.

Edouard Manet quotes: The country only has charms for those not obliged to stay there.

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

Edouard Manet quotes: The latest fashion ... is absolutely necessary for a painting. It's what matters most.

The latest fashion ... is absolutely necessary for a painting. It's what matters most.

Edouard Manet quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I paint what I see and not what others like to see.

I paint what I see and not what others like to see.

Edouard Manet quotes: One must be of one's time and paint what one sees.

One must be of one's time and paint what one sees.

Edouard Manet quotes: Above all, keep your colors fresh!

Above all, keep your colors fresh!

Edouard Manet quotes: Every time I paint, I throw myself into the waterin order to learn how to swim.

Every time I paint, I throw myself into the water
in order to learn how to swim.

Edouard Manet quotes: Color is a matter of taste and of sensitivity.

Color is a matter of taste and of sensitivity.

Edouard Manet quotes: If I'm lucky, when I paint, first my patrons leave the room, then my dealers, and if I'm really lucky I leave too.

If I'm lucky, when I paint, first my patrons leave the room, then my dealers, and if I'm really lucky I leave too.

Edouard Manet quotes: No one can be a painter unless he cares for painting above all else.

No one can be a painter unless he cares for painting above all else.

Edouard Manet quotes: There is no symmetry in nature. One eye is never exactly the same as the other.

There is no symmetry in nature. One eye is never exactly the same as the other.

Edouard Manet quotes: Who is this Monet whose name sounds just like mine and who is taking advantage of my notoriety?

Who is this Monet whose name sounds just like mine and who is taking advantage of my notoriety?

Edouard Manet quotes: Every new painting is like throwing myself into the water without knowing how to swim.

Every new painting is like throwing myself into the water without knowing how to swim.

Edouard Manet quotes: There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.

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

Edouard Manet quotes: The principal person in a picture is light.

The principal person in a picture is light.

Edouard Manet quotes: Black is not a color.

Black is not a color.

Edouard Manet quotes: I need to work to feel well.

I need to work to feel well.

Edouard Manet quotes: I would kiss you, had I the courage.

I would kiss you, had I the courage.

Edouard Manet quotes: Concision in art is a necessity and an elegance. The verbose painter bores: who will get rid of all these trimmings?

Concision in art is a necessity and an elegance. The verbose painter bores: who will get rid of all these trimmings?

Edouard Manet quotes: Conciseness in art is essential and a refinement. The concise man makes one think; the verbose bores. Always work towards conciseness.

Conciseness in art is essential and a refinement. The concise man makes one think; the verbose bores. Always work towards conciseness.

Edouard Manet quotes: Color is a matter of taste and sensitivity.

Color is a matter of taste and sensitivity.

Edouard Manet quotes: This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man.

This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man.

Edouard Manet quotes: Insults are pouring down on me as thick as hail.

Insults are pouring down on me as thick as hail.