“When a man devotes himself body and spirit to a single object, if he has training and aptitude, no matter how mediocre he may be in ordinary affairs, he will produce something so nearly akin to a work of genius… — Hume Nisbet Copy Share Image
“They were both young men under thirty. Art is not so precocious as literature, and does not send quite so many early potatoes into the market, so that the age of thirty is considered young enough for a painter to… — Hume Nisbet Copy Share Image
“When a man devotes himself body and spirit to a single object, if he has training and aptitude, no matter how mediocre he may… — Hume Nisbet Copy Share Image
“They bear down upon Westminster, the ghost-consecrated Abbey, and the history-crammed Hall, through the arches of the bridge with a rush as the tide… — Hume Nisbet Copy Share Image
“There is no river in the world to be compared for majesty and the witchery of association, to the Thames; it impresses even the… — Hume Nisbet Copy Share Image
“Through silent alleys where dark shadows fleeted past them like forest beasts on the prowl; through bustling market-places where bloaters predominated, into crammed gin-palaces… — Hume Nisbet Copy Share Image
“They were both young men under thirty. Art is not so precocious as literature, and does not send quite so many early potatoes into… — Hume Nisbet Copy Share Image
“You will find very exquisite flowers sometime even on a dust-heap, as well as where humanity grows thickest and rankest.” — Hume Nisbet Copy Share Image
