By Paulo Coelho
As a young man, the painter Henri Matisse used to pay a weekly visit to the great Renoir in his studio. When Renoir was afflicted by arthritis, Matisse began to visit him daily, taking him food, brushes, paints, but always trying to persuade the master that he was working too hard and needed to rest a little.
One day, noticing that each brushstroke made Renoir cry out with pain, Matisse could contain himself no longer:
‘Master, you have already created a vast and important body of work, why continue torturing yourself in this way?’
‘Very simple,’ Renoir replied. ‘Beauty remains, but pain passes.’
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El artista siempre quiere crear, y no le satisface lo creado.
La creacción es contínua y no se detiene en el tiempo, la mayor satisfacción es la creación presente, y por eso no existe mayor satisfacción que ésta, convirtiendose en un Zahír, a pesar de enfadarse cuando algo sale mal o cuando no sale como él quisiera, él se enfada porque los artistas son temperamentales, la Creacción está al borde del Caos siempre.
No hay nada más maravilloso que un artista, sea de la índole que sea.
Entiendo a Renoir.
What does he really mean with beauty?
Hi
I would like to know if all the book signings in NY, scheduled for may and june are canceled?
I’ve been searching for a opportunity to finally meet you, but I don’t know where or when…
And, I also want to thank you for give me courage to change my life.
Dear Deise,
my booksignings in the US have been cancelled for personal reasons.
i thank you for the heart felt compliment warrior of light.
Love
Paulo
I LOVE the story that great masters in our history encounter with each other at some point of their life.
I just love the words that Renoir said in the end.
Thank you so much for sharing this.
Yoshika
Unfortunatelly bad events are part of the circle of life or I should say part of our destiny.However, there’s always something good comming up after that.And all of a sudden there’s somebody or something showing us the beauty in life and the million of reasons not to give up.
Beauty is the result of pain.
That’s it. We always forget we need all this pain and suffering to appreciate the beauty around us.
Thank you.