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I paint things as they are. I don't comment.rn
I paint things as they are. I don't comment.rn
 The picture that approaches sculpture nearest
 Is the best picture.  
 The picture that approaches sculpture nearest
 Is the best picture. 
 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.] 
 A flattering painter, who made it his care
 To draw men as they ought to be, not as they read more 
 A flattering painter, who made it his care
 To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. 
A picture is a poem without words.
A picture is a poem without words.
 From the mingled strength of shade and light
 A new creation rises to my sight,
  Such heav'nly read more 
 From the mingled strength of shade and light
 A new creation rises to my sight,
  Such heav'nly figures from his pencil flow,
   So warm with light his blended colors glow.
    . . . .
     The glowing portraits, fresh from life, that bring
      Home to our hearts the truth from which they spring. 
 He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own 
genius: as he must needs paint for read more 
 He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own 
genius: as he must needs paint for other minds, and not for his 
own. 
The fellow mixes blood with his colors.
The fellow mixes blood with his colors.
I mix them with my brains, sir.
I mix them with my brains, sir.