All John Singer Sargent Quotes
- 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… Artist
- A portrait is a picture in which there is just a tiny little something not quite right about the mouth. Little
- Mine is the horny hand of toil. Hand
- I don't dig beneath the surface for things that don't appear before my own eyes. Appear
- 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… Abroad
- I do not judge, I only chronicle. Chronicle
- Cultivate an ever-continuous power of observation. Wherever you are, be always ready to make slight notes of postures, groups and incidents. Always Ready
- I hate to paint portraits! I hope never to paint another portrait in my life. Portraiture may be all right for a man in his… Acute
- A person with normal eyesight would have nothing to know in the way of 'Impressionism' unless he were in a blinding light or in the… Blinding
- It is certain that at certain times talent entirely overcomes thought or poetry. Certain
- Impressionism' was the name given to a certain form of observation when Monet, not content with using his eyes to see what things were or… Attention
- The habit of breaking up one's colour to make it brilliant dates from further back than Impressionism - Couture advocates it in a little book… Advocate
- No small dabs of colour - you want plenty of paint to paint with. Colour
- The thicker you paint, the more it flows. Flow
- 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 darkest… Accents
- Color is an inborn gift, but appreciation of value is merely training of the eye, which everyone ought to be able to acquire. Able
- Make the best of an emergency. Best
- A portrait is a painting with something wrong with the mouth. Inspirational
- Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend. Age
- You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh. Art
- To work is to pray. Inspiration