Walter J. Phillips

Any subject is suitable provided it is of sufficient interest, but the design must be very carefully considered, and plenty of time…

— Walter J. Phillips

The rewards of art are not always commensurate with its quality. It affords a precarious living.

— Walter J. Phillips

There must be a judicious arrangement of all the parts. Considered conversely, the artist's task is to fill his panel with a…

— Walter J. Phillips

It is the sense of unfamiliar envelopment that is impressive, whether in the living grays of hoarfrost, the crimson of the heavens…

— Walter J. Phillips

A horizontal or vertical line lacks energy, compared with one that deviates from either. The difference between these graphic expressions is the…

— Walter J. Phillips

Many cherish the idea that a photograph is an exact presentment of nature, and accept without question the paradox that a photograph…

— Walter J. Phillips

Take away a painter's vanity, said a famous landscape painter, and he will never touch a pencil again.

— Walter J. Phillips

Submit your work to interested societies for exhibition where the critics in the light of their physical well-being and according to the…

— Walter J. Phillips

The portrait painter... If he insults his sitters his occupation is gone. Whether he paints the should instead of the features, or…

— Walter J. Phillips

Tradition is a prop for social security.

— Walter J. Phillips

While it is emotion that gives an impulse to the landscape painter, it is his style that inspires the critic's praise, and…

— Walter J. Phillips

Water is the most expressive element in nature. It responds to every mood from tranquility to turbulence.

— Walter J. Phillips

Etching will suggest subtle variations of tone, the most delicate shadings, all with black lines, which, as far as lines go, are…

— Walter J. Phillips

Many of the old masters of watercolour painted from notes, with enthusiasm either unabated or renewed. It is hard to assume the…

— Walter J. Phillips

For an intelligent estimate of your technique go to another artist working in the same medium.

— Walter J. Phillips

Some drawings are better than others... Some are utterly spoiled... I keep them all. I find a use sometimes even for the…

— Walter J. Phillips

A beautiful feature in the colour wood-cut, and one unique in printing, is colour gradation... Two brushes are sometimes used, one charged…

— Walter J. Phillips

The character of the subject must influence the choice of the method of its representation.

— Walter J. Phillips

Perhaps the ideal life is that of the week-end artist, who preserves the integrity of his own aesthetic ideals because of his…

— Walter J. Phillips

Since art exists for humanity it is not unreasonable to assume that humanity has some rights in the matter. Who pays the…

— Walter J. Phillips

I don't like to think that I am a slave to technique, or so inept that I have to restrict myself to…

— Walter J. Phillips

Pseudo-critics prefer to direct their remarks to the artist - Heaven forgive them - but one due rather to a common impression…

— Walter J. Phillips

Every successful painter has worked hard. He cannot rest after having gained a certain degree of facility in drawing, and expect to…

— Walter J. Phillips

Appreciation is the breath of life to the creative artist, and in spite of modern conditions, there is enough abroad to sustain…

— Walter J. Phillips

When spring is here the sketcher begins to look over his equipment and relishes in anticipation the soothing hours he will spend…

— Walter J. Phillips