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Quote by Gustave Courbet

“The principle of realism means denial of the ideal.”

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Gustave Courbet was a French painter and a leading figure in the Realism movement. Known for his direct depiction of everyday life and people, his work had a profound impact on the art world. more

“Evolution is always the work of pioneers, and their followers are always small in number. This following is not a clique; it is the result of all the existing social forces; it is composed of all those who through innate or acquired capacity are ready to represent the existing degree of human revolution.”

Humans Force Social Results Numbers Ready Revolution Evolution Degrees Capacity Following Followers Innate Pioneers Clique

Author:Piet Mondrian

“Systems, scientific or philosophic, come and go. Each method of limited understanding is at length exhausted. In its prime each system is a triumphant success: in its decay it is an obstructive nuisance.”

Understanding Method Length Prime Decay Exhausted Comes And Goes Triumphant Nuisance Philosophic

Book:Adventures of Ideas

Source: Adventures of Ideas

“Behind every rational and irrational force in human society there is a social mechanism which determines where it is to appear and what forms it is to take.”

Humans Form Force Social Behinds Determine Rational Mechanism Irrational Human Society

Book:Man & Soc Age Reconstructn

Source: Man & Soc Age Reconstructn

“What we makes of the world must be largely dependent on the sense-organs that we happen to possess. How the world must have changed since the man came to rely on his eyes rather than his nose.”

Men World Happens Eye Changed He Man Noses Rely His Eyes Dependent Organs

Book:The Nature of the Physical World: Gifford Lectures (1927)

Source: The Nature of the Physical World: Gifford Lectures (1927)

“It is a task of art to express clear vision of reality.”

Art Reality Vision Clear Tasks Clear Vision

Book:The new art--the new life: the collected writings of Piet Mondrian

Source: The new art--the new life: the collected writings of Piet Mondrian

“We continue to think of new things in old ways.”

Thinking Way New Things Old Ways

Author:James Harvey Robinson

“What we call progress consists in coordinating ideas with realities.”

Ideas Reality Progress Coordinating

Book:Manhood of humanity

Source: Manhood of humanity

“The Renaissance had resulted in the emancipation of the individual, in making him feel that the universe had no other purpose than his happiness. This brought an entirely new answer to the question, 'Why should I do this or that?' It used to be, 'Because self-instituted authority command you.' The answer now was, 'Because it is good for men.' In this lies our greatest debt to the Renaissance, that it instituted the welfare of men as the end of all action.”

Men Feels Should Ends Self Action Used Lying Purpose Universe Individual Answers Authority Debt Command Used To Be Welfare Should I Renaissance Emancipation

Book:Venetian and North Italian Schools

Source: Venetian and North Italian Schools

“Stupidity is an immovable object: you can't try to attack it wiithout being broken by it.”

Trying Objects Broken Stupidity Being Broken

Author:Gustave Flaubert

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