It would be nice once during my life to go over [to Europe] and study the original paintings of the Masters. — E. J. Hughes Copy Share Image
Unfortunately when I start to talk or when someone watches over my shoulders my pencil either stops or I draw meaningless lines. — E. J. Hughes Copy Share Image
It takes more time to rework a painting than it takes to fill in the canvas in the first place. I wish I could… — E. J. Hughes Copy Share Image
I hope my work isn't dismissed by the critics as illustration or photography. — E. J. Hughes Copy Share Image
At present I am using a good sized bedroom in the 2 bedroom house here as a studio, and it is large enough to step back from my canvases, and has a good north light. It should serve very well until I can afford to have the storeroom half of the back building lined and insulated and a chimney put… — E. J. Hughes Copy Share
It is... treading on dangerous ground to paint the picturesque as I am at times doing. — E. J. Hughes Copy Share Image
I felt landscapes would sell more readily, and not being equipped psychologically to be a teacher or commercial artist, that was important. — E. J. Hughes Copy Share Image
I am hoping that, with the added wisdom of old age, I can still look ahead for an improvement in tone, line, colour and… — E. J. Hughes Copy Share Image
It feels much better to me to think that an artist is working to show his appreciation of what already has been created than… — E. J. Hughes Copy Share Image
I feel that when I am painting, it is a form of worship. I see how wonderful nature is and how wonderful art is...… — E. J. Hughes Copy Share Image
The small figures that appear in my paintings are there only because they were there when I was working from nature on my preliminary… — E. J. Hughes Copy Share Image
It is definitely mostly due to the invention of the camera that all this design and emphasized paint quality have come into painting. — E. J. Hughes Copy Share Image
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