Edouard Manet Quotes

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

Nature, Another, Against

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.
Edouard Manet

True, Again, Rest

I need to work to feel well.
Edouard Manet

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

Down, Insults, Thick

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

Science, Feeling, Enough

Black is not a color.
Edouard Manet

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

Matter, Color, Taste

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

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

Else, Painting, Unless

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.
Edouard Manet

Life, Spring, Broken

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

Work, Bad, Woman

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

Alone, Single, Real

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Artist

Born: January 23, 1832

Died: April 30, 1883

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