Francisco Goya Quotes
With all my work, I have not more, with my shares in the bank and the Academy, than twelve or thirteen thousand reales a year, and with all this, I am as contented as the happiest man on earth.
Topics
Income
Wealth
Contentment
Economic Security, Economic Insecurity, Financial Security, Financial Insecurity
Financial Independence, Fiscal Independence, Economic Independence
Financial Resources
Financial Success
Fulfillment
Satisfaction
Serenity
All My Work
Financial Freedom
Financial Stability
Happiest Man
Financial Assets
Financial Well-Being
Modest Means
Simple Living
Happiness
Citations
Goya, Francisco. Letter to Martín Zapater, 1784. Quoted in Tomlinson, Janis A. Francisco Goya y Lucientes: 1746-1828. Phaidon, 1994, p. 57.
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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His paintings, drawings, and engravings reflected contemporary historical upheavals and influenced important 19th- and 20th-century painters. Goya is often referred to as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns.