There is force and vitality in a first sketch from life which the after-work rarely has... In your sketches keep the first vivid impression! Add no details that shall weaken it! Look first for the big things! 1st. Proportions! 2nd.… — William Morris Hunt Copy Share Image
There's lots of fun in this world, after all. And if there isn't, there is in the next. And we're going there, sure. — William Morris Hunt Copy Share Image
Give up the idea of 'color' for awhile! Consider masses - values, only... One dark and one light place in every picture. — William Morris Hunt Copy Share Image
How are we going to make painters by lecturing to them? We are going to make questioners, doubters, and talkers. We are going to… — William Morris Hunt Copy Share Image
It's impossible to make a picture without values. Values are the basis. If they are not, tell me what is the basis. — William Morris Hunt Copy Share Image
Painting is the only universal language. All nature is creation's picture book. Painting alone can describe every thing which can be seen, and suggest… — William Morris Hunt Copy Share Image
I tell you it's no joke to paint a portrait. I wonder that I am not more timid when I begin. I feel almost… — William Morris Hunt Copy Share Image
When an artist leaves his work to amuse people, he loses his time and their respect. If people are to be amused by artists,… — William Morris Hunt Copy Share Image
I don't like persuaded sitters. I never could paint a cat if the cat had any scruples, religious, superstitious, or otherwise, about sitting. — William Morris Hunt Copy Share Image
Strive for simplicity! Don't have the face a checkerboard of tints! Use such colors as nature uses, but not try to keep them distinct!… — William Morris Hunt Copy Share Image
Don't put needless expense into painting a head! Don't try to match tints! Rose and pearly colours blend into each other so that no… — William Morris Hunt Copy Share Image
