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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
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
My taste in the films I've taken as an actor is similar to what I'd do a director or writer: all quite odd, challenging stuff, slightly off-the-wall.
— Daniel Radcliffe
Neither a pathology nor an index as such of moral default, stupidity is nonetheless linked to the most dangerous failures of human endeavor.
— Avital Ronell
I'm inspired by many things, from landscapes to textiles. Art and architecture always influence my design process.
— Francisco Costa
RESPECT THE PEDESTRIAN, say the street signs of Metro Manila. As soon as Randy saw those he knew that he was in trouble.
— Neal Stephenson
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
Ah, Manet has come very, very close to it and Courbet - the marrying of form and colour.
— Vincent Van Gogh
Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it.
— Gustave Courbet
France is the only nation in which astoundingly small numbers of civilized patrons reside.
— Gustave Courbet
This hour I tell things in confidence/ I might not tell everybody, but I will tell you.
— Walt Whitman
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
When I am no longer controversial, I will no longer be important
— Gustave Courbet
Painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist of the representation of real and existing things.
— Gustave Courbet
Beauty lies in nature and reveals, once the artist has perceived it, its own expressive power.
— Gustave Courbet
I have never seen either angels or goddesses, so I am not interested in painting them.
— Gustave Courbet
Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal.
— Gustave Courbet
The earliest Greek philosopher's criticized Homer's mythology because the gods resembled mortals too much and were just as egotistic and treacherous.
— Jostein Gaarder
Fine art is knowledge made visible.
— Gustave Courbet
Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.
— Natalie Goldberg
The principle of realism means denial of the ideal.
— Gustave Courbet