Author: Gustave Courbet

Quotes

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

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

- Gustave Courbet

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

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

- Gustave Courbet

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.

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

The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired.

The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired.

- Gustave Courbet

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.

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

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.

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

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