Leandro Moratín, reporting in a letter to his friend abbé Juan Antonio Melón, May 1824; as quoted by Robert Hughes, in: Goya. Borzoi Book - Alfred Knopf, New York, 2003, p. 389
• Goya left Spain and had arrived in Bordeaux, he was then 78 years old.
• Goya left Spain and had arrived in Bordeaux, he was then 78 years old.
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[Goya arrived] deaf, old, awkward and weak, and without knowing a word of French, [but] he was anxious and happy to see the world.
— Leandro Moratín
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "[Goya arrived] deaf, old, awkward and weak, and without knowing a word of French, [but] he was anxious and happy to see the world." in the context of "Leandro Moratín, reporting in a letter to his friend abbé Juan Antonio Melón, May 1824; as quoted by Robert Hughes, in: Goya. Borzoi Book - Alfred Knopf, New York, 2003, p. 389
• Goya left Spain and had arrived in Bordeaux, he was then 78 years old." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Francisco Goya" (Quotes about Francisco Goya: sorted chronologically, by date of the quotes about Francisco Goya, before 1830)
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About Francisco Goya
Francisco Goya (30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker. He was a court painter to the Spanish Crown and a chronicler of history. His letters to Martín Zapater y Clavería https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3915977, (1746-1803) a prosperous merchant and Goya's closest friend - spanning some 30 years, are an important private source for Goya's quotes; these letters show him at his most intimate and uninhibited.
About Francisco Goya
Francisco Goya (30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker. He was a court painter to the Spanish Crown and a chronicler of history. His letters to Martín Zapater y Clavería https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3915977, (1746-1803) a prosperous merchant and Goya's closest friend - spanning some 30 years, are an important private source for Goya's quotes; these letters show him at his most intimate and uninhibited.
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