Quote of the day
What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
Gustave Moreau
Born: April 6, 1826
Died: April 18, 1898 (aged 72)
Bio: Gustave Moreau was a French Symbolist painter whose main emphasis was the illustration of biblical and mythological figures. As a painter, Moreau appealed to the imaginations of some Symbolist writers and artists.
Known for:
- The Apparition (1876)
- Jupiter and Semele (1895)
- Oedipus and the Sphinx (1864)
- Apollo and The Nine Muses (1856)
- Les Chimères (1884)
Gustave Moreau Quotes