"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

17 October 2011

Dare.

Couture, Female Head (detail), 1876


Read much; you are young, digestion will be easy. Live in good company, and cultivate intimacy with young people who are well advanced in art. Never wish to be greater than you are; above all things beware of expressing other people's opinions as if they were your own: that brings ruin; it leads to darkness; dare to be yourself; that will bring you light.

... cultivate your heart; above all things, be humble; in the art of painting, humility is the greatest strength.


- Thomas Couture

Underpaintings is a gold mine.

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