Edouard Manet Quotes

"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
(Related: Rest)

"This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man."
- Edouard Manet
(Related: Work, Man, Woman)

"There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another."
- Edouard Manet
(Related: Nature)

"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
(Related: Life, People, Spring)

"Insults are pouring down on me as thick as hail."
- Edouard Manet
(Related: Insults)

"I would kiss you, had I the courage."
- Edouard Manet
(Related: Kiss, Courage)

"I need to work to feel well."
- Edouard Manet
(Related: Work)

"Color is a matter of taste and of sensitivity."
- Edouard Manet
(Related: Sensitivity, Taste)

"Black is not a color."
- Edouard Manet

"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
(Related: Interest, Living)

"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
(Related: Imagination, Science, Feeling, Worth)