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Art in painting should consist only of the representation of things that are visible and tangible.
— Gustave Courbet
A Gustave Courbet portrait of a trout has more death in it than Rubens could get in a whole Crucifixion.
— Robert Hughes
Whatever thoughts are causing you pain, they are only thoughts. You can change a thought.
— Andrew Matthews
If only you knew all the gifts that you bring to others. You would never feel sad again.
— Neale Donald Walsch
Art or talent, for an artist, is merely a means of applying his personal faculties to the ideas and the things of the period in which he lives.
— Gustave Courbet
The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired.
— Gustave Courbet
I too am a government.
— Gustave Courbet
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
To be able to translate the customs, ideas and appearance of my times as I see them - in a word, to create a living art - this has been my aim.
— Gustave Courbet
Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it.
— Gustave Courbet
Ah, Manet has come very, very close to it and Courbet - the marrying of form and colour.
— Vincent Van Gogh
Patience is timing, just being humble and being the most quiet person in the room.
— Raheem Devaughn
I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom; I am one who is fond of olden times & intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients.
— Gustave Courbet
I have never seen an angel. Show me an angel, and I'll paint one.
— Gustave Courbet
Titles have never given a just idea of things; were it otherwise, the work would be superfluous.
— Gustave Courbet
The world is a grindstone and life is your nose
— Fred Allen
On this platform of peace, we can create a language
to translate ourselves to ourselves and to each other. — Maya Angelou
to translate ourselves to ourselves and to each other. — Maya Angelou
Painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist of the representation of real and existing things.
— Gustave Courbet
Know your power.
— Jordan Knight
Beauty lies in nature and reveals, once the artist has perceived it, its own expressive power.
— Gustave Courbet
Artists of today can be inspired by the past, but they have to apply present methods if they want a future in music.
— Loren Weisman
France is the only nation in which astoundingly small numbers of civilized patrons reside.
— Gustave Courbet
Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal.
— Gustave Courbet
Horror, for me, has to involve some sort of fantasy. Horror is something that is in your dreams or your nightmares.
— Cassandra Peterson
Fine art is knowledge made visible.
— Gustave Courbet
This is not a love story, but love is in it. That is, love is just outside it, looking for a way to break in.
— Jeanette Winterson
The principle of realism means denial of the ideal.
— Gustave Courbet
I have never seen either angels or goddesses, so I am not interested in painting them.
— Gustave Courbet
When I am no longer controversial, I will no longer be important
— Gustave Courbet