I Too Am A Government.

Fine Art Is Knowledge Made Visible.

The State Is Not Competent In Artistic Matters... When The State Leaves Us Free, It Will Have Carried Out Its Duty.

I Hope To Live All My Life For My Art, Without Abandoning My Principles One Iota.

Painting Is The Representation Of Visible Forms. The Essence Of Realism Is Its Negation Of The Ideal.

Art Or Talent, For An Artist, Is Merely A Means Of Applying His Personal Faculties To The Ideas And The Things Of The Period In Which He Lives.