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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

I would, without any hesitation, shoot a violent criminal again. — Bernhard Goetz

I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota. — Gustave Courbet

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

There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them. — Ralph Marston

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

Technologies tend to undermine community and encourage individualism. — Henry Mintzberg

Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it. — 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

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

But God in his infinite wisdome had apparently thought it was an entertaining idea for us to always be wanting to get up in one another. — Charles Frazier

Painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist of the representation of real and existing things. — Gustave Courbet

I just write the sort of book that I would enjoy reading myself, a book that is both scholarly and recreates the experience of people at that time. — Antony Beevor

Beauty lies in nature and reveals, once the artist has perceived it, its own expressive power. — Gustave Courbet

Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal. — Gustave Courbet

You can take all the pictures you want, but you can never relive the moment the same way. — Audrey Regan

Art is a wholly physical language whose words are all the visible objects. — Gustave Courbet

I wanted to grab his stupid ears and smash his stupid head against the door until his stupid brains leaked out. Instead, I did nothing. — Cat Clarke

France is the only nation in which astoundingly small numbers of civilized patrons reside. — Gustave Courbet

There is enough for the need of everyone in this world, but not for the greed of everyone. — Mahatma Gandhi

Fine art is knowledge made visible. — Gustave Courbet

America was born out of a desire for self-determination, a longing for the human dignity that only independence can bring. — Maurice Saatchi

The principle of realism means denial of the ideal. — Gustave Courbet

I don't put a great deal of stock in art trophies. — Nick Offerman

Kids learn more from example than from anything you say; I'm convinced they learn very early not to hear anything you say, but to watch what you do. — Jane Pauley

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