My position is entirely different from what the majority of the public imagine.. .I want a great deal, firstly because my position entails expenditur… - Francisco Goya

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My position is entirely different from what the majority of the public imagine.. .I want a great deal, firstly because my position entails expenditure, and secondly because I like it. Being a very well-known man I cannot reduce my expenses as other people do. I was about to ask for an increase of salary, but the conditions are so unfavorable that I must set the idea aside.

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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 , (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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Native Name: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Alternative Names: Francisco Goya Lucientes Francisco de Goya y Lucientes Francisco José Goya Lucientes Goya Francisco Goya y Lucientes Ko-ya Fransisko Goiia-i-Lusientes Fransisko Khose de Goiia Francisco Jose y Lucientes de Goya Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes Fransisko Khose de Goia Francisco Jose De Goya y Lucientes Francisco de Paula Goya y Lucientes José Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de Paula Francisco de Gova y Lucientes José de Goya y Lucientes Francisco Jose de Goya Francisco De Goya Francisco Paula José Goya y Lucientes Francisko Goja Francisco Goya Y Lucientes Louis-Philippe Goya Francisco de Paula Jose Goya y Lucientes Francisco José De Goya Y Lucientes Francisco Jose Goya Lucientes Jose de Goya y Lucientes Francisco Paula Jose Goya y Lucientes francesco goya goya f. fr. jose de goya fr. goya Francisco de goya f. de goya francisco j. goya Goya y Lucientes f. j. de goya franc. jose de goya y lucientes Francisco Jose de Goya y Luzientes Francesco Goya francesco jose goya j. de goya francisco goya francisco jose goya F. Goya Don Francesco Goya Francisco José Goya francisco jose de goya j. f. de goya y lucientes fr. j. de goya y lucientes de goya y lucientes francisco jose Francisco de Goya
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What a scandal to hear nature deprecated in comparison to Greek statues by one who knows neither one nor the other without acknowledging that the smallest part of Nature confounds and amazes those who know most. What statue or cast of it might there be that is not copied from divine nature?

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