I've been 40 years discovering that the queen of all colors was black.

— Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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.

— Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.

— Pierre-Auguste Renoir