I paint ideas, not things. My intention is less to paint works that are pleasing to the eye than to suggest great thoughts which will speak to the imagination and the heart and will arouse all that is noblest and… — George Frederic Watts Copy Share Image
In the Bible (Hebrews, 6:19), hope is ‘an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil.’ Here [in Watts painting], Hope is blindfolded, seated on a globe and playing a lyre of… — George Frederic Watts Copy Share Image
I paint ideas, not things. My intention is less to paint works that are pleasing to the eye than to suggest great thoughts which… — George Frederic Watts Copy Share Image
In the Bible (Hebrews, 6:19), hope is ‘an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil.’… — George Frederic Watts Copy Share Image
![“In the Bible (Hebrews, 6:19), hope is ‘an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil.’ Here [in Watts painting], Hope is blindfolded, seated on a globe and playing a lyre of which all but one of the strings are broken . . . Hope’s attempts to make…” quote by George Frederic Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bb0/george-frederic-watts-96703_anchors_in-the-bible-hebrews-6-19-hope-is-an-anc_2548604.jpg)