painting by Pierre-August Renoir
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EN ESPANOL CLICAR AQUI: Matisse encuentra Renoir
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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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amazing & totally right
De multe ori frumusetea (indiferent de forma ar imbraca) cere suferinta si sacrificiu. Dar daca intradevar merita, atunci este nevoie sa ne sacrificam pe altarul suferintei !
…so inspiring!!!…
hiii…..
the pleasure he achieved was much more than the pain he felt. his life would have been misery if he would have stopped painting.
lovely….
NON SONO DI ACORDO, SONO DEI DOLORE CHE NON PASSANO, MAI E DELLE BELEZZA CHE FINISCONO.
Yes, beauty remains but pain passes. Very heart touching story.
Perfect example for plasctic surgery. Why do all these men and woman put them selves through such pain. Paulo just said it perfectly. Beauty remains and pain passes.
It takes pain to be beautiful. I have heard this since I was 8 yrs old. And it’s true you want something beautiful it usually hurts.
Love is beautiful, but God know’s that hurts. Even though we are told different. That love is gentle and kind.
Well this man Matisse is gentle and kind and he is forced with pain because he refuses to give up on beauty…..
By stop painting, Renoir’s pain would have been much worse. His life resolves around painting. I’m happy, because me and millions of people can enjoy his beautiful work, even if he suffered while doing it.
Pain is nothing when compared to love.The more we love, the more it is easy to go thru the pain.Jesus loved us so much that he gave his life for us.It was painful yet it was worth it.
Dear Paulo,
I read recently a quote by Philip Roth: “Nothing lasts,And yet nothing passes,Either.
And Nothing passes just because Nothing lasts.
John Sargurudoss
One brushstroke makes a difference :-)
Two even more….
three…..gets it one the right way
For me it is freedom…in my mind :-)
Well, I think his ego was working….
leaving something precious for every one by going through pain himself is the real meaning of life:)
How great artist Renoir was in all moment of his life.
…..Beauty is real,but its shape is an illusion ….
Lovely story…i look forward to reading the short stories you post…they give hope to move on just when you feel you can’t go any further.
I salute those people who didnot care their pains to make this world beautifull…..Paulo! You are also,one of those people…
el dolor es el camino que nos lleva a la perfeccion,el dolor te recuerda que estas vivo…
but we can’t stop remembring that pain…
another feeling…expressed so beautifully
el dolor es parte de la vida , de hecho es bueno ,porke sin el tal vez ya abriamos muerto, es maestro , y si… siempre pàsa solo hay ke mirarlo sin miedo..
Art,de quelque nature que tu sois tu as le genie de nous capturer admirateurs soyons nous ou createurs !!!.
l amour de l art rend le sacrifice facile et de nouvelles habitudes se forment en nous .et voila nous devenons les esclaves de ce que nous aimons .et l epanoissement artistique comble notre satisfaction personnelle .
“Beauty remains ,but pain passes ” a dit Renoir
Oui c est tres juste .Il ne peut plus s arreter de creer et de peindre la beaute.Il est tellement epris de son travail,
tellement passionne ,qu il va surmonter la douleur pour avoir sa recompense qui est :incarner la beaute ds ses toiles et l eterniser sans s interesser a sa douleur qui selon lui est minime et ephemere devant la grandiosite qu il creee .
by understanding pain u can understand others…i guess
Sub conservatione formae specificae salva anima”. lat.- Raimond Lylii.
(..to be perfect, you have to be subjected to tortures)
paulo always brings different feelings for different people
While there is value in all our pain & suffering…why continue to create through it? We are all Masters of pain…there IS another Way!
Our form is temporary. The spirit remains. Love the spirit.
one should be persuasive as was Renoir to be something in life and make a difference……
No pain no gain…
Just shows the love the painter has had towards the paints and brushes…its not about his masterstoke but how he heeds to the tunes of his heart neverthless considers his suffering…Living life for him/herself is the ultimate Justice about existence but not beyond one’s own nose…
I agree with your idea, but I feel that it is not love for paints or brusher, but for art.
Ya, the beauty in the form of a baby from the pain of the mother.
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