Auguste Renoir Quotes

When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished.

Auguste Renoir

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• I need someone physically stronger than me.... I am always on top. It's really unfortunate. I am begging for the man that can put me on the bottom. Or the woman. Anybody that can take me down.

  

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• When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished.

  

  Auguste Renoir
  • Painting
  • Bottom
  • Finished