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I am fifty years old and I have always lived in freedom; let me end my life free; when I am dead let this be said of me: 'He belonged to no school, to no church, to no institution, to no academy, least of all to any régime except the régime of liberty.'

— Gustave Courbet In a letter of Gustave Courbet (1869)

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They continue to be the rage. The salon where they are is jammed with people.

I have never seen an angel. Show me an angel, and I'll paint one.

I, who believe that every artist should be his own teacher, cannot dream of setting myself up as a professor.

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