"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

10 June 2016

Happy birthday, Courbet.

Courbet, Self-portrait with a Black Dog, 1844


I deny that art can be taught, or, in other words, maintain that art is completely individual, and that the talent of each artist is but the result of his own inspiration and his own study of past tradition.

Gustave Courbet

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