quoted by Albert Frederick Calvert, in Goya; an account of his life and works; publisher London J. Lane, 1908; as quoted in Francisco Goya'', Hugh Stokes, Herbert Jenkins Limited Publishers, London, 1914, pp. 355-377
• Goya wrote this inscription upon a later copy of the etching-plate Capricho no. 43
• Goya wrote this inscription upon a later copy of the etching-plate Capricho no. 43
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Imagination without reason produces impossible monsters; with reason, it becomes the mother of the arts, and the source of its marvels.
— Francisco Goya
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• Goya wrote this inscription upon a later copy of the etching-plate Capricho no. 43" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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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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