William-Adolphe Bouguereau Professions : Painter Born : November 30, 1825 Died : August 19, 1905 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by William-Adolphe Bouguereau 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 landscape purpose art 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 eye perfection beautiful 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 innovation want believe Similar Authors Barry McGee painter Brion Gysin painter Bridget Riley painter Boris Vallejo painter Allan Kaprow painter Augustus John painter All Authors
