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I was painting modern Paris while you were still painting Greek athletes..

— Édouard Manet

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remark to his friend Edgar Degas, (quoted by George Moore circa 1879). Later Degas reacted: 'That Manet, as soon as I started painting dancers, he did them.'

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One must be of one's time and paint what one sees.

Encyclopedia of Artists (2000)

Who is this Monet whose name sounds just like mine and who is taking advantage of my notoriety?

You must always remain master of the situation and do what you please. No school tasks, ah, no! no tasks!

Portrait of Manet by himself and his contemporaries (1960)

The Bellevue air [suburb outside Paris with curative waters] has done me a world of good.. .But Alas! Naturalist painting is more in disfavor than ever.

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

spoken to Claude Monet about Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1874)

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