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> [Spend a lifetime in hard work with a humble mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-webster-hawthorne/spend-a-lifetime-in-hard-work-with-a-humble-mind/)

[Charles Webster Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-webster-hawthorne/)

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## More by Charles Webster Hawthorne

> [ It is so hard and long before a student comes to a realization that these \[first\] few large simple spots in right relations are… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-webster-hawthorne/it-is-so-hard-and-long-before-a-student-comes-to-a-realization-that/)

[Charles Webster Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-webster-hawthorne/)

> [Painting is just like making an after-dinner speech. If you want to be remembered, say one thing and stop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-webster-hawthorne/painting-is-just-like-making-an-after-dinner-speech-if-you-want-to-be/)

[Charles Webster Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-webster-hawthorne/)

> [Spend a lifetime in hard work with a humble mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-webster-hawthorne/spend-a-lifetime-in-hard-work-with-a-humble-mind/)

[Charles Webster Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-webster-hawthorne/)

> [To see things simply is the hardest thing in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-webster-hawthorne/to-see-things-simply-is-the-hardest-thing-in-the-world/)

[Charles Webster Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-webster-hawthorne/)

> [Do studies, not pictures. Know when you are licked - start another. Be alive, stop when your interest is lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-webster-hawthorne/do-studies-not-pictures-know-when-you-are-licked-start-another-be/)

[Charles Webster Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-webster-hawthorne/)

> [A sketch has charm because of its truth - not because it is unfinished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-webster-hawthorne/a-sketch-has-charm-because-of-its-truth-not-because-it-is-unfinished/)

[Charles Webster Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-webster-hawthorne/)

> [Avoid distant views, paint objects close up. If the foreground is well done the distance will take care of itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-webster-hawthorne/avoid-distant-views-paint-objects-close-up-if-the-foreground-is-well/)

[Charles Webster Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-webster-hawthorne/)

> [Paint what you see, not what you know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-webster-hawthorne/paint-what-you-see-not-what-you-know/)

[Charles Webster Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-webster-hawthorne/)

> [In his attempt to develop the beauty he sees, the artist develops himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-webster-hawthorne/in-his-attempt-to-develop-the-beauty-he-sees-the-artist-develops/)

[Charles Webster Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-webster-hawthorne/)

> [Try to do ugly things so that you make them beautiful... The more delicate the thing is in nature the more one must look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-webster-hawthorne/try-to-do-ugly-things-so-that-you-make-them-beautiful-the-more/)

[Charles Webster Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-webster-hawthorne/)

> [Do not let it look as if you reasoned too much. Painting must be impulsive to be worth while.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-webster-hawthorne/do-not-let-it-look-as-if-you-reasoned-too-much-painting-must-be/)

[Charles Webster Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-webster-hawthorne/)

> [By having the big lines of the composition going out of the canvas, your imagination can wander beyond the edge. It will make it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-webster-hawthorne/by-having-the-big-lines-of-the-composition-going-out-of-the-canvas/)

[Charles Webster Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-webster-hawthorne/)

> [Get into the habit of doing what you see, not what you know. Human reason cannot foresee the accidents of out-of-doors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-webster-hawthorne/get-into-the-habit-of-doing-what-you-see-not-what-you-know-human/)

[Charles Webster Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-webster-hawthorne/)

> [We must all teach ourselves to be fine, to be poets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-webster-hawthorne/we-must-all-teach-ourselves-to-be-fine-to-be-poets/)

[Charles Webster Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-webster-hawthorne/)

> [The mechanics of putting one spot of color next to another, that is the fundamental thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-webster-hawthorne/the-mechanics-of-putting-one-spot-of-color-next-to-another-that-is/)

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