Renoir, My Father Quotes

“The most skilled hand is never anything but the servant of the mind.”
― Jean Renoir, Renoir, My Father

“Painters know that material needs are relative; and that the satisfactions of the mind are absolute.”
― Jean Renoir, Renoir, My Father

“Among seekers of truth, painters perhaps come closest to discovering the secret of the balance of forces of the universe, and hence of man's fulfillment.”
― Jean Renoir, Renoir, My Father

“His nudes and his roses declared to men of this century, already deep in their task of destruction, the stability of the eternal balance of nature.”
― Jean Renoir, Renoir, My Father

“Curiously enough, Sanson's assistant disapproved of Dr Guillotin's invention. it had ruined the profession by making it too easy. facility always opens the doors to amateurs. In olden times, in order to cut off a head with the axe, one needed some training in the profession, not to mention a few natural gifts such as a sharp eye and a steady hand. But what merit is there in manipulating a machine which does the whole job for you?”
― Jean Renoir, Renoir, My Father

“All the knowledge he had acquired in his search for truth, in his ceaseless effort to break through the disguises raised my men's stupidity now lay in his hand...”
― Jean Renoir, Renoir, My Father

“He knew now that corruption is inherent in power, and, even worse, stupidity!”
― Jean Renoir, Renoir, My Father

“The world of Rnoir is a single entity. The red of the poppy determines the pose of the young woman with the umbrella. The blue of the sky harmonizes with the sheepskin the young shepheard wears. His pictures are demonstrations of over-all unity. ....
Renoir believed in the Chinese legend that a mandarin can be killed at a distance by an unconsciously lethal gesture made in Paris.”
― Jean Renoir, Renoir, My Father