; the creative spirit always seemed to prevail.Overall, everything then and now revolves around emotion and our natural ability to distinguish right from wrong. It only seems sane to allow one to make his or her own judgements based on his or her mistakes. Through talent, energy, and ambition, both the Romanticists and today’s American teenagers have risen from a lowly station to carve out their own destiny.The French Realist, Gustave Courbet, said, “I cannot paint an angel because I have never seen one.” Quite the pessimist, this man opposed the Romantic Movement, ultimately showing no sentiment, and in turn, no levels of dignity or tolerance for humanity. One must possess the opportunity to flourish, though! Gustave Courbet may have not desired such freedom, but today, just let us have our angels....
