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Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.
Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.
He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
I only feel, but want the power to paint.
[Lat., Nequeo monstrare et sentio tantum.]
I only feel, but want the power to paint.
[Lat., Nequeo monstrare et sentio tantum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?
Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?
Pictures must not be too picturesque.
Pictures must not be too picturesque.
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen
I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
As certain as the Correggiosity of Correggio.
As certain as the Correggiosity of Correggio.
