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Francisco de Goya Quotes



Quotes by Francisco de Goya - (8 quotes)

Francisco de Goya - From the Competence category:

First be a magnificent artist and then you can do whatever, but the art must be first. (Francisco de Goya)

Francisco de Goya - From the Fantasy category:

Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of marvels. (Francisco de Goya)

Francisco de Goya - From the Form category:

I see only forms that are lit up and forms that are not. There is only light and shadow. (Francisco de Goya)

Francisco de Goya - From the Imagination category:

Imagination abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of source of their wonders. (Francisco de Goya)

Francisco de Goya - From the Light category:

Always lines, never forms! But where do they find these lines in Nature! For my part I see only forms that are lit up and forms that are not. There is only light and shadow. (Francisco de Goya)

Francisco de Goya - From the Masters category:

I have had three masters, Nature, Velasquez, and Rembrandt. (Francisco de Goya)

Francisco de Goya - From the Nature category:

But where do they find these lines in nature? I can only see luminous or obscure masses, planes that advance or planes that recede, reliefs or background. My eye never catches lines or details. (Francisco de Goya)

Francisco de Goya - From the Sleep category:

The sleep of reason produces monsters. (Francisco de Goya)