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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
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“One has to seek Beauty and Truth, Sir! As I always say to my pupils, you have to work to the finish. There's only one kind of painting. It is the painting that presents the eye with perfection, the kind of beautiful and impeccable enamel you find in Veronese and Titian.”
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905) first seen 1895 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bouguereau (1895); Attributed in: Jefferson C. Harrison (1986) French paintings from the Chrysler Museum. Chrysler Museum, North Carolina Museum of Art, Birmingham Museum of Art (Birmingham, Ala.). p.45.
“For me a work of art must be an elevated interpretation of nature. The search for the ideal has been the purpose of my life. In landscape or seascape, I love above all the poetic motif.”
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905) said by 1905 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed to Bouguereau in: Sotheby's (Firm). (1994) 19th Century European Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture. p. 123; Cited in: Adolphe William Bouguereau Quotes by Armand Cabrera, Oct. 4, 2010.