Quotes by : Edouard Manet

You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate....

It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us....

He has no talent at all, that boy! You, who are his friend, tell him, please, to give up painting.–--Manet....

I would kiss you, had I the courage.

There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.

The country has charms only for those not obliged to stay there.