1. manet - Noun
2. manet - Verb
3. Manet - Proper noun
French painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1832-1883)
Source: WordNetA standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg,... is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art for art's sake. Hans Haacke
I have found an honest and excellent man [ Eugène Manet, brother of Edouard Manet ] who, I believe, sincerely loves me. I have entered into the positive life after having lived for a long time in by chimeras. Berthe Morisot
It seems to me a painting [she is working on] like the one I gave Manet ['The Harbour at Lorient'] could perhaps sell, and that is all I care about. Berthe Morisot
How I miss you here [his friend in Paris - Manet visited Madrid and the famous museums there], and how delighted you would have been to see Velázquez, who in himself alone is worth the journey.. .He is the painter of painters. He did not astonish me, but delighted me. Édouard Manet
I put it [a still life of a pear, made by Manet there [on the wall, next to Ingres' painting 'Jupiter'], for a pear like that would overthrow any god. Edgar Degas
The spoken word vanishes, the written word remains. [Vox audita perit, litteras scripta manet.]. Latin Proverb