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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?
The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?
I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
The fellow mixes blood with his colors.
The fellow mixes blood with his colors.
Vain is the hope by colouring to display
The bright effulgence of the noontide ray
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Vain is the hope by colouring to display
The bright effulgence of the noontide ray
Or paint the full-orb'd ruler of the skies
With pencils dipt in dull terrestrial dyes.
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.]
A picture is a poem without words.
A picture is a poem without words.
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.]
Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.
Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.
