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When Michelangelo was introduced to Titian, he said... that Titian's colouring and his style much pleased him, but that it was a pity that in…

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These rough sketches, which are born in an instant in the heat of inspiration, express the idea of their author in a…
In our own time it has been seen... that simple children, roughly brought up in the wilderness, have begun to draw by…
Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that…
Drawing is the necessary beginning of everything [in Art], and not having it, one has nothing.
The best thing is to draw men and women from the nude and thus fix in the memory by constant exercise the…
Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model...
Man was not then considered a good goldsmith unless he could draw well.
Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least, for they are thinking out inventions and forming in their minds…
When Michelangelo was introduced to Titian, he said... that Titian's colouring and his style much pleased him, but that it was a…
Leonardo da Vinci was a man of regal spirit and tremendous breadth of mind; and his name became so famous that not…
Inspiration demands the active cooperation of the intellect joined with enthusiasm, and it is under such conditions that marvelous conceptions, with all…
It is the custom of Venice to paint on canvas, either because it does not split and is not worm-eaten, or because…

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I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable. — Samuel Butler
When a new writer defends his "style," the teacher smiles (or cringes) because real style isn't an artifice. Real style - voice… — Bill Roorbach
Capablanca possessed an amazing ability to quickly see into a position and intuitively grasp its main features. His style, one of the… — Garry Kasparov
I started out playing guitar because Jimi Hendrix was my hero, so my roots were really based on Jimi Hendrix and his… — Joe Satriani
I've always been infuriated by Bertie, I have to say. I never appreciated his style of politics. I thought it was very… — Lucinda Creighton
I like Colin Powell, I like his West Indian background, I like his intellect, I like a lot of things that he… — Harry Belafonte
His name, even, is part of the marketing scheme, I mean, Thelonious Sphere Monk - how can you think of a better… — Matthew Shipp
His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship. — Edmund Wilson
To fight in another man's armour is something more than to be influenced by his style of fighting. — C.S. Lewis
The wood-carver can fashion whatever he will. Yet his products are but toys of the moment, to be glanced at in jest,… — Murasaki Shikibu
God is the original, master forgiver. Each time we grope our reluctant way through the minor miracle of forgiving, we are imitating… — Lewis B. Smedes
No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style. — Steven Brust

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