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

 

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.


Comments

There are not yet any comments on this quote. Why not register / login and be the first?




This quote is just one of 8 total Gustave Courbet quotes in our collection. Gustave Courbet is known for saying '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.' as well as some of the following quotes.

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.

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.

Gustave Courbet

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

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.

Gustave Courbet

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

Gustave Courbet