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title: "2 Picture Stage Quotes by 2 authors"
description: "Browse 2 Picture Stage quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Picture Stage sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f45/g-wilson-knight-108709_action_a-stage-set-should-not-make-a-pretty-pic_757900.jpg"
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> [A stage set should not make a pretty picture of its own. The empty stage should look formal and pleasing, but should seem to be waiting for the action to complete it; it should not hold definite significance in itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-wilson-knight/a-stage-set-should-not-make-a-pretty-picture-of-its-own-the-empty/)

[G. Wilson Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-wilson-knight/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f45/g-wilson-knight-108709_action_a-stage-set-should-not-make-a-pretty-pic_757900.jpg)

> [I turned my thoughts to a still more novel mode... to compose pictures on canvas similar to representations on the stage... my picture is my stage, and men and women my players exhibited in a 'dumb' show.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hogarth/i-turned-my-thoughts-to-a-still-more-novel-mode-to-compose-pictures/)

[William Hogarth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hogarth/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/072/william-hogarth-42014_canvas_i-turned-my-thoughts-to-a-still-more-nov_1374739.jpg)

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