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 Image
Cultivate an ever continuous power of observation. Wherever you are, be always ready to make slight notes of postures, groups and incidents. Store up in the mind... a continuous stream of observations from which to make selections later. Above all… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I don't dig beneath the surface for things that don't appear before my own eyes. — John Singer Sargent Copy Share Image
It is certain that at certain times talent entirely overcomes thought or poetry. — John Singer Sargent Copy Share Image
You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh. — John Singer Sargent Copy Share Image
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 Image