Gustave Courbet Quotes

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

Gustave Courbet

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: June 10, 1819 - December 31, 1877

Topics

PaintingRepresentationRealismIdeal

We have to be able to go deep in games and save those guys in the pen for down the stretch.

Matt Cain

DeepPenDownGoGamesStretch

Hell hath no fury like a politican scorned.

Jeff Rich

HellFuryLikeScornedHath

The detention of Japanese Americans during World War II would qualify as an example of majoritarian tyranny and misuse of executive prerogative, driven by fear and racial bias.

Michael Ignatieff

FearWarWorldTyrannyBiasRacial

I research every part thoroughly. I talk it out with my actor friends, but then I throw it all away when I get to the set. You have to be spontaneous.

Amy Adams

ResearchFriendsYouActorTalkOut

Music should be truthful and real, but it should also be healing and uplifting.

Steve Forbert

MusicHealingRealTruthfulShould

After a sound drubbing followed by half a day's fasting, I felt more like laughing than like crying; and, in half a while, all was forgotten and my wickedness began afresh and worse than ever.

Stijn Streuvels

DayFastingMoreSoundForgotten

It is easy for Americans to forget a simple fact that is very clear to the people around the world that yearn to live in this country: America is the best country in the entire damn world! It deserves to be made great again, because America is, in the words of President Ronald Reagan, 'the last best hope of mankind.'

Milo Yiannopoulos

LiveHopeGreatBestSimpleWords

My God is rock'n'roll.

Lou Reed

God

You can't be halfway in this business. If you don't meet the fans, you lose all you've got.

Loretta Lynn

BusinessYouLoseMeetHalfwayFans

I'm weird: I like science and math but also like English as well.

Jazz Jennings

ScienceWeirdWellEnglishLike

You have to be a mindful eater. There has to be intention in what you do in your life if you're going to be happy and authentic. Food isn't supposed to be entertainment in the way that your kids, your work, and your relationship are.

Jorge Cruise

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A recent police study found that you're much more likely to get shot by a fat cop if you run.

Dennis Miller

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