Art Quote by Francisco Goya

Monsters are the result of the sleep of reason.

— Francisco Goya

“El sueno de la razon produce monstuos”

— 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…

— Francisco Goya

I have had three masters, Nature, Velasquez, and Rembrandt.

— 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,…

— 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…

— Francisco Goya

“El Sueno de la razon produce monstrous. (The sleep of reason breeds monsters)”

— Francisco Goya

The dream of reason produces monsters

— 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…

— 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.

— Francisco Goya

The act of painting is about one heart telling another heart where he found salvation.

— 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…

— Francisco Goya