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> [I am always worried whether I am doing my best work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dobell/i-am-always-worried-whether-i-am-doing-my-best-work/)

[William Dobell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-dobell/)

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## More by William Dobell

> [So long as people expect paintings to be simply coloured photographs they get no individuality and, in the case of portraits, no characterisation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dobell/so-long-as-people-expect-paintings-to-be-simply-coloured-photographs/)

[William Dobell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-dobell/)

> [My best work is always done... when I'm experimenting. If I stop experimenting I feel it just becomes a drudgery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dobell/my-best-work-is-always-done-when-i-m-experimenting-if-i-stop/)

[William Dobell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-dobell/)

> [I paint as I want to with no holds barred. I am more contented lately than I have been for a long time about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dobell/i-paint-as-i-want-to-with-no-holds-barred-i-am-more-contented-lately/)

[William Dobell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-dobell/)

> [The real artist is striving to depict his subject's character and to stress the caricature, but at least it is art which is alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dobell/the-real-artist-is-striving-to-depict-his-subject-s-character-and-to/)

[William Dobell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-dobell/)

> [Honing a thing down until you can still get through with economy, that's power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dobell/honing-a-thing-down-until-you-can-still-get-through-with-economy-that/)

[William Dobell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-dobell/)

> [Honing a thing down until you can still get through with economy, that's power. Learn your technique thoroughly, immerse yourself in it, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dobell/honing-a-thing-down-until-you-can-still-get-through-with-economy-that-2/)

[William Dobell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-dobell/)

> [I never wanted to be commissioned to paint portraits. I like to choose my own subject and make a character study from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dobell/i-never-wanted-to-be-commissioned-to-paint-portraits-i-like-to-choose/)

[William Dobell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-dobell/)

> [my sitters get tired waiting for commissioned portraits. If they commission me they have to wait years sometimes because I discard so many.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dobell/my-sitters-get-tired-waiting-for-commissioned-portraits-if-they/)

[William Dobell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-dobell/)

> [I am always worried whether I am doing my best work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dobell/i-am-always-worried-whether-i-am-doing-my-best-work/)

[William Dobell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-dobell/)

> [A sincere artist is not one who makes a faithful attempt to put on to canvas what is in front of him, but one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dobell/a-sincere-artist-is-not-one-who-makes-a-faithful-attempt-to-put-on-to/)

[William Dobell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-dobell/)

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