The dream of reason produces monsters. Imagination deserted by reason creates impossible, useless thoughts. United with reason, imagination is the mother of all art and the source of all its beauty. — Francisco Goya Copy Share Image
With all my work, I have not more, with my shares in the bank and the Academy, than twelve or thirteen thousand reales a… — Francisco Goya Copy Share Image
But where do they find these lines in nature? I can only see luminous or obscure masses, planes that advance or planes that recede,… — Francisco Goya Copy Share Image
I have just returned from Arenas and feel very tired. His Excellency loaded me with a thousand honours; I have painted his portrait and… — Francisco Goya Copy Share Image
“El Sueno de la razon produce monstrous. (The sleep of reason breeds monsters)” — Francisco Goya Copy Share Image
Painting (like poetry) chooses from universals what is most apposite. It brings together, in a single imaginary being, circumstances and characteristics which occur in… — Francisco Goya Copy Share Image
In art, there is no need for color; I see only light and shade. Give me a crayon, and I will paint your portrait. — Francisco Goya Copy Share Image
The act of painting is about one heart telling another heart where he found salvation. — Francisco Goya Copy Share Image
Painting, like poetry, selects in the universe whatever she deems most appropriate to her ends. She assembles in a single fantastic personage, circumstances and… — Francisco Goya Copy Share Image
