Jules Breton quotes
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“The wretched beings depicted by Millet touch us profoundly because he loved them profoundly. They have nothing in common with vulgar ugliness. Beauty will always remain the highest aim of art.”
-- Jules BretonSource : Jules Breton (1891). “The Life of an Artist: Art and Nature”
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“I had not yet acquired the experience which gives modesty.”
-- Jules BretonSource : Jules Breton (1891). “The Life of an Artist: Art and Nature”
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“The artist should not be satisfied to only play the part of a mirror.”
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“I have always had a passion for the beautiful. If the man in me is often a pessimist, the artist, on the contrary, is pre-eminently an optimist.”
-- Jules BretonSource : Jules Breton (1891). “The Life of an Artist: Art and Nature”
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“There is nothing new under the sun, not even Manet.”
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“I was painting her portrait in the little studio, and when I came to the eyes I stopped, overcome by emotion, and said to her, 'Have you understood me?' She nodded affirmatively. 'Will you be my wife?' I asked. She made the same affirmative sign.”
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“The true is not material reality only.”
-- Jules BretonSource : Jules Breton (1892). “The Life of an Artist: An Autobiography”
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“Courbet comes in 1849 with the intention of overthrowing past art and constructing it anew. While he speaks only of realism, of which he proclaims himself the messiah, his pictures show pre-eminently those qualities which are learned in the museums.”
-- Jules BretonSource : Jules Breton (1892). “The Life of an Artist: An Autobiography”
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“I see myself as sexy. If you are comfortable with it, it can be very classy and appealing.”
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“A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.”
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Source : A. A. Gill (2008). “Paper view: the best of the Sunday Times television reviews”, Orion Pub Co
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Source : Ballads for Broadbrows (1930) "Lines for a Worthy Person"
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“Our future is our sense of common destiny.”
Source : "We in Turkey and the Middle East have replaced humiliation with dignity" by Ahmet Davutoglu, www.theguardian.com. March 15, 2011.
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“With fame I become more and more stupid, which of course is a very common phenomenon.”
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