I have three masters: Nature, Velazquez and Rembrandt.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Goya credits nature and specific masters as his primary teachers in art.
- In plain terms
- Nature and great painters are my main teachers.
- What can you take from it?
- Learn from nature and established masters.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who are your real teachers?
- What should art students study?
Another view
It ignores formal instruction or peers.
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Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of marvels.
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