If the painter works directly from nature, he ultimately looks for nothing but momentary effects; he does not try to compose, and soon he gets monotonous.
Source: Renoir: An Intimate Record, 1930.
-- Auguste Renoir, (Feb 25 1841-1919), French artist; He was a founder of the French impressionist movement noted for its optimistic view of life, e.g., Le Moulin..., 1876.