"The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired." ― Gustave Courbet Topic(s): Beauty More From Gustave Courbet "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." "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." More In Beauty "Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary."― Khalil Gibran "All I wanted was to connect my moods with those of Paris. Beauty paints and when it painted most, I shot."― Ernst Haas "Beauty is being in harmony with what you are."― Peter Nivio Zarlenga