William Hogarth Quotes
- I know no such thing as genius, — genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
- I have generally found that persons who had studied painting least were the best judges of it.
- I had rather, if cruelty has been prevented by the four prints [The Four Stages of Cruelty], be maker of them than of the [Raphael]…
- All the world is competent to judge my pictures except those who are of my profession.
- Straight lines vary only in length, and therefore are least ornamental.
- The serpentine line, or the line of grace, by its waving and winding at the same time different ways, leads the eye in a pleasing…
- I turned my thoughts to a still more novel mode... to compose pictures on canvas similar to representations on the stage... my picture is my…
- Time is not a great artist but weakens all he touches.