Best 23 quotes of Edouard Manet on MyQuotes

Black is not a color.

Color is a matter of taste and sensitivity.

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

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

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

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

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.

In a face, look for the main light and the main shadow; the rest will come naturally — it's often not important. And then you must cultivate your memory, because Nature will only provide you with references. Nature is like a warden in a lunatic asylum. It stops you from becoming banal.

I need to work to feel well.

Insults are pouring down on me as thick as hail.

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

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.

The attacks of which I have been the object have broken the spring of life in me... People don't realize what it feels like to be constantly insulted.

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

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

The principal person in a picture is light.

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

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

There is only one true thing: Instantly paint what you see.

There 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.

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

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.

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