William Bouguereau Quotes

#1. Much unhappiness comes from walking alone. When there are several, it's somewhat different. I must get into the habit of listening to others, for what the others say concerns me, too.

Alfred Doblin

#2. 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

#3. 'Books had always been my best friends and all I wanted to do was lose myself in them, and better yet if the worlds and characters were of my own making.'

Fae Sutherland

#4. Appreciation, applause, approval, respect - we all love it!

Tom Peters

#5. One shouldn't believe in all those so-called innovations. There is only one nature and only one way to see it. Nowadays, they want to succeed too fast, this is how they go about inventing new aesthetics, pointillism, pipisme! All this is just to make noise.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

#6. A man pushed from behind by many hands will go in but one direction, no matter what he wills.

Steven Erikson

#7. 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

#8. Everything in the world is actually connected. That means, even if we get separated, we'll never be alone

Shinobu Ohtaka

#9. A good mayor is a useful person. How can you hold back when you have the chance to do good?

Victor Hugo

#10. Down the violet wind slid syrinx melodies, wild as foxes, mad as love, strange as wakening.

Cecilia Dart-Thornton