The beautiful is in nature, and it is encountered under the most diverse forms of reality. Once it is found it belongs to art, or rather to the artist who discovers it.
Gustave CourbetAbout author
- Author's profession: Artist
- Nationality: french
- Born: June 10, 1819
- Died: December 31, 1877
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