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> [First be a magnificent artist and then you can do whatever, but the art must be first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goya/first-be-a-magnificent-artist-and-then-you-can-do-whatever-but-the/)

[Francisco Goya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goya/)

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## More by Francisco Goya

> [Monsters are the result of the sleep of reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goya/monsters-are-the-result-of-the-sleep-of-reason/)

[Francisco Goya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goya/)

> [“El sueno de la razon produce monstuos”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goya/el-sueno-de-la-razon-produce-monstuos/)

[Francisco Goya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goya/)

> [With all my work, I have not more, with my shares in the bank and the Academy, than twelve or thirteen thousand reales a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goya/with-all-my-work-i-have-not-more-with-my-shares-in-the-bank-and-the/)

[Francisco Goya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goya/)

> [I have had three masters, Nature, Velasquez, and Rembrandt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goya/i-have-had-three-masters-nature-velasquez-and-rembrandt/)

[Francisco Goya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goya/)

> [But where do they find these lines in nature? I can only see luminous or obscure masses, planes that advance or planes that recede,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goya/but-where-do-they-find-these-lines-in-nature-i-can-only-see-luminous/)

[Francisco Goya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goya/)

> [I have just returned from Arenas and feel very tired. His Excellency loaded me with a thousand honours; I have painted his portrait and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goya/i-have-just-returned-from-arenas-and-feel-very-tired-his-excellency/)

[Francisco Goya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goya/)

> [“El Sueno de la razon produce monstrous. (The sleep of reason breeds monsters)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goya/el-sueno-de-la-razon-produce-monstrous-the-sleep-of-reason-breeds/)

[Francisco Goya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goya/)

> [The dream of reason produces monsters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goya/the-dream-of-reason-produces-monsters/)

[Francisco Goya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goya/)

> [Painting (like poetry) chooses from universals what is most apposite. It brings together, in a single imaginary being, circumstances and characteristics which occur in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goya/painting-like-poetry-chooses-from-universals-what-is-most-apposite-it/)

[Francisco Goya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goya/)

> [In art, there is no need for color; I see only light and shade. Give me a crayon, and I will paint your portrait.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goya/in-art-there-is-no-need-for-color-i-see-only-light-and-shade-give-me/)

[Francisco Goya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goya/)

> [The act of painting is about one heart telling another heart where he found salvation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goya/the-act-of-painting-is-about-one-heart-telling-another-heart-where-he/)

[Francisco Goya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goya/)

> [Painting, like poetry, selects in the universe whatever she deems most appropriate to her ends. She assembles in a single fantastic personage, circumstances and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goya/painting-like-poetry-selects-in-the-universe-whatever-she-deems-most/)

[Francisco Goya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goya/)

> [I have now established myself in a most enviable manner. Those who require something of me must seek me out - I remain apart.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goya/i-have-now-established-myself-in-a-most-enviable-manner-those-who/)

[Francisco Goya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goya/)

> [I see only forms that are lit up and forms that are not. There is only light and shadow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goya/i-see-only-forms-that-are-lit-up-and-forms-that-are-not-there-is-only/)

[Francisco Goya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goya/)

> [Fantasy abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goya/fantasy-abandoned-by-reason-produces-impossible-monsters/)

[Francisco Goya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goya/)

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