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“To be able to translate the customs, ideas and appearance of my times as I see them - in a word, to create a living art - this has been my aim.” quote by Gustave Courbet — Download Open image

“To be able to translate the customs, ideas and appearance of my times as I see them - in a word, to create a living art - this has been my aim.”

Gustave Courbet

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