Gustave Courbet Quotes

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal.

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

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

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• 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.

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• France is the only nation in which astoundingly small numbers of civilized patrons reside.

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• Fine art is knowledge made visible.

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• 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.

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Birth:	10th June, 1819
Death:	31st December, 1877
Nationality:	French
Profession:	Artist, Painter

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Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet was a French painter who led the Realist movement in 19th-century French painting. The Realist movement bridged the Romantic movement with the Barbizon School and the Impressionists. Courbet occupies an important place in 19th century French painting as an innovator and as an artist willing to make bold social statements through his work.

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