All Walter J. Phillips Quotes
- The public is the tribunal before which all art is judged - not the critics or the academies. The public is the artist's only patron,… Academies
- The sincere artist is usually his own best critic, but continuous and prolonged work on one painting will sometimes dull his judgment... The critic is… Artist
- Pseudo-critics prefer to direct their remarks to the artist - Heaven forgive them - but one due rather to a common impression that such an… All
- Any subject is suitable provided it is of sufficient interest, but the design must be very carefully considered, and plenty of time and thought given… Any
- Difficulties will assail you only when you lack in concentration and persistence. Assail
- A landscape painting is essentially emotional in origin. It exists as a record of an effect in nature whose splendour has moved a human heart,… According
- Many of the old masters of watercolour painted from notes, with enthusiasm either unabated or renewed. It is hard to assume the same degree of… Assume
- It is often said that the modern exhibition has ruined painting. It is an unfortunate fact that it does encourage competition, so that, to attract… Artist
- The beauties of conception are always superior to those of expression. Always Superior
- Some drawings are better than others... Some are utterly spoiled... I keep them all. I find a use sometimes even for the worst drawing... But… All
- While sincerity and over-anxiety can spoil a picture, through superfluous elaboration and unnecessary correction, the carelessness that would leave it in an unfinished state is… Anxiety
- The deserving are not always blest. That peculiar attribute known as personality is as potent a factor as genius. Attribute
- In large studio paintings... composition, or arrangement, may be better studied, and nearer perfection, washes may be more suavely graded... Arrangement
- A beautiful feature in the colour wood-cut, and one unique in printing, is colour gradation... Two brushes are sometimes used, one charged with more potent… Always Printed
- Since art exists for humanity it is not unreasonable to assume that humanity has some rights in the matter. Who pays the piper calls the… Art
- A painter may be an abandoned mimic; at school he copies his teachers, which is only right, but he copies in turn every artist in… Abandoned
- The importance of colour is as nothing compared with that of form, chiaroscuro and arrangement. They are the true and enduring bases of pictorial art. Arrangement
- Luminosity is a quality dependent as much on technique as on the physical properties of individual pigments. Dependent
- Artists are perennially implored to consider 'the limitations of the medium.' Whoever invented this expression exaggerated the limitations of the English language. We are not… Artist
- I don't like to think that I am a slave to technique, or so inept that I have to restrict myself to one method. Inept
- The most admirable method is that by which each wash of colour, large or small, is never disturbed. It admits of practically no overpainting, sponging… Admirable
- A mistake in drawing becomes difficult to detect when the eye is familiar with it. Becomes
- A horizontal or vertical line lacks energy, compared with one that deviates from either. The difference between these graphic expressions is the difference between movement… Compared
- The beauty and wonders of nature are as alluring as the pursuit of Art, and made of me a landscape painter. Alluring
- Water is the most expressive element in nature. It responds to every mood from tranquility to turbulence. Element