"The explanation of the propensity of the English……" — Benjamin Haydon
"The explanation of the propensity of the English people to portrait painting is to be found in their relish for a Fact. Let a man do the grandest things, fight the greatest battles, or be distinguished by the most brilliant personal heroism, yet the English people would prefer his portrait to a painting of the great deed. The likeness they can judge of; his existence is a Fact. But the truth of the picture of his deeds they cannot judge of, for they have no imagination."
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Benjamin Haydon
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17 Quotes by Benjamin Haydon
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The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while you live; and the next…
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To procrastinate seems inherent in man, for if you do to-day that you may enjoy to-morrow it is but deferring…
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One of the surest evidences of an elevated taste is the power of enjoying works of impassioned terrorism, in poetry,…
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Temperance in everything is requisite for happiness.
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The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself.
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There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.
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When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for.
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Art is a reality, not a definition; inasmuch as it approaches a reality, it approaches perfection, and inasmuch as it…
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The only legitimate artists in England are the architects.
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This is an age of intellectual sauces, of essence, of distillation. We have conclusions without deductions, abridgments of history and…
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Fortunately for serious minds, a bias recognized is a bias sterilized.
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It is highly convenient to believe in the infinite mercy of God when you feel the need of mercy, but…
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Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.
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By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir…
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But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness,…
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When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a…
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