Édouard Manet

I paint with my spirit.

The most important thing is to have faith.

I have always tried to be authentic.

The artist must be a dreamer.

I paint with my intuition.

The most important thing is to be free.

I have always tried to be spontaneous.

The artist must be a magician.

I paint with my imagination.

The most important thing is to be alive.

It is not enough to know, one must also apply; it is not enough to want, one must also do.

The first merit of a painting is to be a feast for the eyes.

I paint what I see, and not what others wish to see.

Art is a revolt against fate.

The technique is unimportant. Only the result counts.

I want to be free, to paint what comes to me.

Critics! They are like vultures circling a dying artist.

Olympia is a modern woman, staring back at the viewer.

Success is dangerous. One starts by working for a living, and then one copes with envy and jealousy.

I am not a revolutionary, but I paint the truth of my time.