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title: "2 Beholder Quotes By Alfred Sisley"
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> [Though the artist must remain master of his craft, the surface, at times raised to the highest pitch of loveliness, should transmit to the beholder the sensation which possessed the artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-sisley/though-the-artist-must-remain-master-of-his-craft-the-surface-at/)

[Alfred Sisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-sisley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/alfred-sisley-51262_art_though-the-artist-must-remain-master-of_648350.png)

> [The motif must always be set down in a simple way, easily grasped and understood by the beholder. By the elimination of superfluous detail, the spectator should be led along the road that the artist indicates to him, and from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-sisley/the-motif-must-always-be-set-down-in-a-simple-way-easily-grasped-and/)

[Alfred Sisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-sisley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a0/alfred-sisley-51262_art_the-motif-must-always-be-set-down-in-a-s_1441985.jpg)

## Other authors on Beholder

## More by Alfred Sisley

> [Though the artist must remain master of his craft, the surface, at times raised to the highest pitch of loveliness, should transmit to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-sisley/though-the-artist-must-remain-master-of-his-craft-the-surface-at/)

[Alfred Sisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-sisley/)

> [ To mention only contemporaries, Delacroix, Corot, Millet, Rousseau, Courbet are masters. And finally \[I like\] all those \[painters\] who loved and had a strong… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-sisley/to-mention-only-contemporaries-delacroix-corot-millet-rousseau/)

[Alfred Sisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-sisley/)

> [The animation of the canvas is one of the hardest problems of painting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-sisley/the-animation-of-the-canvas-is-one-of-the-hardest-problems-of-painting/)

[Alfred Sisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-sisley/)

> [The motif must always be set down in a simple way, easily grasped and understood by the beholder. By the elimination of superfluous detail,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-sisley/the-motif-must-always-be-set-down-in-a-simple-way-easily-grasped-and/)

[Alfred Sisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-sisley/)

> [I always start a painting with the sky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-sisley/i-always-start-a-painting-with-the-sky/)

[Alfred Sisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-sisley/)

> [Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-sisley/every-picture-shows-a-spot-with-which-the-artist-has-fallen-in-love/)

[Alfred Sisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-sisley/)

> [I like all those painters who loved and had a strong feeling for nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-sisley/i-like-all-those-painters-who-loved-and-had-a-strong-feeling-for/)

[Alfred Sisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-sisley/)

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