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.
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 Breton
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 Breton
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 m… - Jules Breton
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 m…
I had not yet acquired the experience which gives modesty. - Jules Breton
I had not yet acquired the experience which gives modesty.
The artist should not be satisfied to only play the part of a mirror. - Jules Breton
The artist should not be satisfied to only play the part of a mirror.
The wretched beings depicted by Millet touch us profoundly because he loved them profoundly. They have nothing in common with vulgar ugliness. Beauty… - Jules Breton
The wretched beings depicted by Millet touch us profoundly because he loved them profoundly. They have nothing in common with vulgar ugliness. Beauty…
The true is not material reality only. - Jules Breton
The true is not material reality only.
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 hi… - Jules Breton
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 hi…
There is nothing new under the sun, not even Manet. - Jules Breton
There is nothing new under the sun, not even Manet.
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