Art Quote by Gustave Courbet

“Art in painting should consist only of the representation of things that are visible and tangible.”

— Gustave Courbet

Titles have never given a just idea of things; were it otherwise, the work would be superfluous.

— Gustave Courbet

I too am a government.

— Gustave Courbet

When I am dead, let it be said of me: he belonged to no school, to no church, to no institution, to no academy,…

— Gustave Courbet

“The title of Realist was thrust upon me just as the title of Romantic was imposed upon the men of 1830. Titles have never…

— Gustave Courbet

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

— 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…

— Gustave Courbet

Fine art is knowledge made visible.

— Gustave Courbet

I have never seen an angel. Show me an angel, and I'll paint one.

— Gustave Courbet

“The real artists are those who pick up their age exactly at the point to which it has been carried by preceding times. To…

— Gustave Courbet

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

— Gustave Courbet

I hope always to earn my living by my art without having ever deviated by even a hair's breadth from my principles... to please…

— Gustave Courbet