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Biography - Gustav Klimt:

Austrian painter.
Born: 1862 - Died: 1918
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Austria
Austria

Taste is good for wine lovers and cooks. Art has nothing to do with taste.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Le goût, c'est bon pour les amateurs de vin et les cuisiniers. L'art n'a rien à voir avec le goût.

German
Geschmack ist gut für Weinliebhaber und Köche. Kunst hat nichts mit Geschmack zu tun.




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Quotes for: wine


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In wine, truth.
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Gustav Klimt also said...


Whoever wants to know something about me - as an artist which alone is significant - they should look attentively at my pictures and there seek to recognise what I am and what I want.





There is nothing that special to see when looking at me. I'm a painter who paints day in day out, from morning till evening - figure pictures and landscapes, more rarely portraits.





Sometimes I miss out the morning's painting session and instead study my Japanese books in the open.












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