Gustave Courbet Quotes

Gustave Courbet
Gustave Courbet
French Artist
Born: Jun 10, 1819
Died: Dec 31, 1877
Art Civilized Custody Direct Painting Wisdom
Related authors: Camille Pissarro Claude Monet Edgar Degas Henri Matisse Marc Chagall Marcel Duchamp Paul Cezanne Paul Gauguin
Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal. Gustave Courbet
Painting Negation Visible Ideal Essence Representation Realism Forms
Painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist of the representation of real and existing things. Gustave Courbet
Art Painting Consist Only Real Concrete Existing Representation Essentially Things
The beautiful is in nature, and it is encountered under the most diverse forms of reality. Once it is found it belongs to art, or rather to the artist who discovers it. Gustave Courbet
Beautiful Art Nature Reality Once Diverse Rather Most Encountered Discovers Artist Forms Who Found Belongs
Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it. The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired. Gustave Courbet
Truth Time Truth Is Power Beauty Relative Direct Ratio Individual Like Conception Artist Acquired Who Grasp Expression Lives
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
Wisdom Custody Ancient Born Fond Sacred Knowing Am Quest Times Intense Who Olden
France is the only nation in which astoundingly small numbers of civilized patrons reside. Gustave Courbet
Nation France Only Small Civilized Which Reside Numbers
When we see men of worth, we should think of equalling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inward and examine ourselves. Gustave Courbet
Character Worth Men Think Ourselves See Examine Inward Contrary Them Turn Should

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