An artist painting a picture should have at his side a man with a club to hit him over the head when the picture is finished. — John Singer Sargent Copy Share Image
I hate to paint portraits! I hope never to paint another portrait in my life. Portraiture may be all right for a man in… — John Singer Sargent Copy Share
A portrait is a picture in which there is just a tiny little something not quite right about the mouth. — John Singer Sargent Copy Share
A person with normal eyesight would have nothing to know in the way of 'Impressionism' unless he were in a blinding light or in… — John Singer Sargent Copy Share
Color is an inborn gift, but appreciation of value is merely training of the eye, which everyone ought to be able to acquire. — John Singer Sargent Copy Share
Cultivate an ever-continuous power of observation. Wherever you are, be always ready to make slight notes of postures, groups and incidents. — John Singer Sargent Copy Share
Cultivate an ever continuous power of observation. Wherever you are, be always ready to make slight notes of postures, groups and incidents. Store up… — John Singer Sargent Copy Share
I don't dig beneath the surface for things that don't appear before my own eyes. — John Singer Sargent Copy Share
It is certain that at certain times talent entirely overcomes thought or poetry. — John Singer Sargent Copy Share
You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh. — John Singer Sargent Copy Share
If you begin with the middle-tone and work up from it toward the darks so that you deal last with your highest lights and… — John Singer Sargent Copy Share
