Natur The beautiful is in nature, and it is encountered under the most diverse forms of reality. Once it is found it belongs to art, or rather to the artist... Gustave Courbet 17
Art I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota. Gustave Courbet 12
Beauty The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired. Gustave Courbet 18
Beauty Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it. The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to... Gustave Courbet 19
