"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

25 February 2013

Happy birthday, Renoir.

Renoir, Sunset at Sea, 1879


Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born on this date in 1841.

They tell you that a tree is only a combination of chemical elements. I prefer to believe that God created it, and that it is inhabited by a nymph. 

- Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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