In painting, as in the other arts, there's not a single process, no matter how insignificant, which can be reasonably made into a formula. You come to nature with your theories, and she knocks them all flat.
Source: In Artists in Quotation, by Donna Ward La Cour, 1989.
-- 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.