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Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.
Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.
His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand;
His manners were gentle, complying, and bland;
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His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand;
His manners were gentle, complying, and bland;
Still born to improve in every part,
His pencil out faces, his manners are heart.
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.
One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.
Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis
Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis
One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.rn
One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.rn
Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.
Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
Love isn't an emotion or an instinct--it's an art.
Love isn't an emotion or an instinct--it's an art.
