Edouard ManetThinkers

Art is far more about feeling than knowing. Imagination is worth far more than science.

Black is not a color.

Color is all there is in nature. There is no lines, but only areas of color, one against another.

Color is a matter of taste and sensitivity.

The Contemporary is the only thing one can attest to with honesty. One must be of one's time and paint what one sees.

The Country is a place that only has charms lor those not obliged to stay there.

Impressionism is about painting what one sees and not what others like to see.

Impressionism is guided by the idea that there is only one true thing: Instantly paint what you see.

The Line is non-existent in nature. In nature there are only areas of color, one against another.

Painting is an activity where the real subject is always light.

Painting is a necessarily contemporary endeavor. One must be of one's time and paint what one sees.

Symmetry is non-existent in nature... one eye is never exactly the same as the other... there's always a difference and we all have a more or less crooked nose and an irregular mouth.

Symmetry is absent from nature — one eye is never exactly the same as the other.