Jules Breton Quotes

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  • The true is not material reality only.

    Jules Breton (1892). “The Life of an Artist: An Autobiography”
  • There is nothing new under the sun, not even Manet.

    Jules Breton (1891). “The Life of an Artist: Art and Nature”
  • I had not yet acquired the experience which gives modesty.

    Jules Breton (1891). “The Life of an Artist: Art and Nature”
  • 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.

    Eye   Wife   Overcoming  
  • 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.

    Art   Past   Museums  
    Jules Breton (1892). “The Life of an Artist: An Autobiography”
  • The artist should not be satisfied to only play the part of a mirror.

    Artist   Mirrors   Play  
  • 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.

    Beauty   Art   Common  
    Jules Breton (1891). “The Life of an Artist: Art and Nature”
  • 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 (1891). “The Life of an Artist: Art and Nature”
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