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title: "2 Admirable Quotes By Walter J. Phillips"
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> [Humility counts for much, but it may be that vanity does not dispossess that admirable quality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-j-phillips/humility-counts-for-much-but-it-may-be-that-vanity-does-not/)

[Walter J. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-j-phillips/)

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> [The most admirable method is that by which each wash of colour, large or small, is never disturbed. It admits of practically no overpainting, sponging or scrubbing. The colour stays where it is put.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-j-phillips/the-most-admirable-method-is-that-by-which-each-wash-of-colour-large/)

[Walter J. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-j-phillips/)

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## Other authors on Admirable

## More by Walter J. Phillips

> [Any subject is suitable provided it is of sufficient interest, but the design must be very carefully considered, and plenty of time and thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-j-phillips/any-subject-is-suitable-provided-it-is-of-sufficient-interest-but-the/)

[Walter J. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-j-phillips/)

> [The rewards of art are not always commensurate with its quality. It affords a precarious living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-j-phillips/the-rewards-of-art-are-not-always-commensurate-with-its-quality-it/)

[Walter J. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-j-phillips/)

> [There must be a judicious arrangement of all the parts. Considered conversely, the artist's task is to fill his panel with a design that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-j-phillips/there-must-be-a-judicious-arrangement-of-all-the-parts-considered/)

[Walter J. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-j-phillips/)

> [It is the sense of unfamiliar envelopment that is impressive, whether in the living grays of hoarfrost, the crimson of the heavens at sunset,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-j-phillips/it-is-the-sense-of-unfamiliar-envelopment-that-is-impressive-whether/)

[Walter J. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-j-phillips/)

> [A horizontal or vertical line lacks energy, compared with one that deviates from either. The difference between these graphic expressions is the difference between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-j-phillips/a-horizontal-or-vertical-line-lacks-energy-compared-with-one-that/)

[Walter J. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-j-phillips/)

> [Many cherish the idea that a photograph is an exact presentment of nature, and accept without question the paradox that a photograph cannot lie.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-j-phillips/many-cherish-the-idea-that-a-photograph-is-an-exact-presentment-of/)

[Walter J. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-j-phillips/)

> [Take away a painter's vanity, said a famous landscape painter, and he will never touch a pencil again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-j-phillips/take-away-a-painter-s-vanity-said-a-famous-landscape-painter-and-he/)

[Walter J. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-j-phillips/)

> [Submit your work to interested societies for exhibition where the critics in the light of their physical well-being and according to the extent of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-j-phillips/submit-your-work-to-interested-societies-for-exhibition-where-the/)

[Walter J. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-j-phillips/)

> [The portrait painter... If he insults his sitters his occupation is gone. Whether he paints the should instead of the features, or the latter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-j-phillips/the-portrait-painter-if-he-insults-his-sitters-his-occupation-is-gone/)

[Walter J. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-j-phillips/)

> [Tradition is a prop for social security.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-j-phillips/tradition-is-a-prop-for-social-security/)

[Walter J. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-j-phillips/)

> [While it is emotion that gives an impulse to the landscape painter, it is his style that inspires the critic's praise, and his subject…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-j-phillips/while-it-is-emotion-that-gives-an-impulse-to-the-landscape-painter-it/)

[Walter J. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-j-phillips/)

> [Water is the most expressive element in nature. It responds to every mood from tranquility to turbulence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-j-phillips/water-is-the-most-expressive-element-in-nature-it-responds-to-every/)

[Walter J. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-j-phillips/)

> [Etching will suggest subtle variations of tone, the most delicate shadings, all with black lines, which, as far as lines go, are unsurpassed for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-j-phillips/etching-will-suggest-subtle-variations-of-tone-the-most-delicate/)

[Walter J. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-j-phillips/)

> [Many of the old masters of watercolour painted from notes, with enthusiasm either unabated or renewed. It is hard to assume the same degree…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-j-phillips/many-of-the-old-masters-of-watercolour-painted-from-notes-with/)

[Walter J. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-j-phillips/)

> [For an intelligent estimate of your technique go to another artist working in the same medium.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-j-phillips/for-an-intelligent-estimate-of-your-technique-go-to-another-artist/)

[Walter J. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-j-phillips/)

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