Édouard Manet: "Color is a matter of taste and sensitivity"

• "Color is a matter of taste and sensitivity".

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

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

• "Black is not a color".

• "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".

• "There's no symmetry in nature. One eye is never exactly the same as the other. There's always a difference. We all have a more or less crooked nose and an irregular mouth".

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

• "I would kiss you, had I the courage".

• "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".

• "Insults are pouring down on me as thick as hail".

• "Above all, keep your colors fresh"!

• "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".

• "In una figura, cercate la grande luce e la grande ombra, il resto verrà da sé".

• "La pittura è una cosa privata; si lavora solo per pochi.."

• "Dobbiamo ammaliare la verità, darle l'apparenza della follia".

• "In una figura, cercate la grande luce e la grande ombra, il resto verrà da sé".

• "La pittura è una cosa privata; si lavora solo per pochi".

• "Si vede come si vuol vedere, ed è questa falsità che costituisce l'arte".

• "Tutto ciò che viene privato della sua libertà perde sostanza e si spegne rapidamente".

• "Ho passato tutta la vita a provare".