I would rather be first to paint ugliness than second to paint beauty.
Prefiero ser el primero en pintar la fealdad que el segundo en pintar la belleza.
Artists
Diego Velázquez
Born in Seville in 1599, Velazquez served Philip IV for four decades. Las Meninas has fascinated thinkers for centuries; Manet called him the painter of painters.
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It is important to express oneself, provided the feelings are real and taken from your own experience.
-- Berthe Morisot
Truth, not appearance.
-- Diego Velázquez
To paint as I see, not as others wish me to see.
-- El Greco
I owe you the truth in painting and I will tell it to you.
-- Paul Cézanne
My studio is the street.
-- Caravaggio
Art is the lie that makes us realize the truth.
-- Pablo Picasso