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Humility counts for much, but it may be that vanity does not dispossess that admirable quality.
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Appreciation is the breath of life to the creative artist, and in spite of modern conditions, there is enough abroad to sustain…
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Universal appreciation of art... belongs to those countries and those ages which are not, or were not, ruled by materialism. Though travel…
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Beauty may be perceived in any scene by one with sympathy and understanding. Beauty is in the mind.
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Drawing is the representation of form - the graphic expression of a visual experience.
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The play of sunlight is amusement enough for a lazy man...
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In most natural scenes there is a prevailing colour, which the landscape painter must learn to identify, and which must prevail also…
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The student's ambition should be to become a painter's painter, rather than a popular painter. The approbation of fellow artists based on…
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When spring is here the sketcher begins to look over his equipment and relishes in anticipation the soothing hours he will spend…
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The syllogism art for art's sake refers to that kind of painting which disregards, or is contrary to, public taste.
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The artist reserves the right to remove a blot on the landscape, to change positions of things, to suit his composition, providing…
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The character of the subject must influence the choice of the method of its representation.
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The portrait painter... If he insults his sitters his occupation is gone. Whether he paints the should instead of the features, or…
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