Francisco Goya, caption, etching The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (1799).
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The sleep of reason produces monsters.
— Francisco Goya on Reason
What It Means
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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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