Cliche

Renoir hated the cliché. He would quote his father about

bringing an idea into existence. "If you paint the leaf on a tree

without using a model," Renoir told us the great Impressionistic

painter once said, "your imagination will only supply you with a few

leaves; but Nature offers you millions, all on the same tree. No two

leaves are exactly the same. The artist who paints only what is in his

mind must very soon repeat himself." If you look at Renoir's great

paintings, you'll see what he meant. No two leaves, no two flowers,

no two people are ever painted in the same way