“The state is not competent in artistic matters... When the state leaves us free, it will have carried out its duty.” MatterStatesFreedomDutyArtisticCompetent Author:Gustave Courbet
“I am fifty years old and I have always lived in freedom; let me end my life free; when I am dead let this be said of me: 'He belonged to no school, to no church, to no institution, to no academy, least of all to any regime except the regime of liberty.'” SaidSchoolChurchFreedomLibertyInstitutionsRegimesAcademy Author:Gustave Courbet
