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Quote by Gustave Courbet
I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom I am one who is

I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients. – Gustave Courbet

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The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired. – Gustave Courbet

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Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it. The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired. – Gustave Courbet

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I do interviews because its a chance to be myself. I sometimes wonder what I could have to say that would be of any interest. I dont have any great wisdom. – Parker Stevenson

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Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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No man was ever wise by chance. – Seneca

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