Pierre-Auguste Renoir

is interested in paintings which make one want to stroll in it.

I like a painting which makes me want to stroll in it.

is an artist for whom a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty as there are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them.

To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them.

is an artist with a predilection for painting that lends joyousness to a wall.

I have a predilection for painting that lends joyousness to a wall.

is a painter who needs to be told that the torso of a woman is not a mass of decomposing flesh; its green and violet spots indicating the state of complete putrefaction of a corpse.

Just explain to Monsieur Renoir that the torso of a woman is not a mass of decomposing flesh, its green and violet spots indicating the state of complete putrefaction of a corpse.

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Pierre Auguste Renoir