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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.
Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.
The fellow mixes blood with his colors.
The fellow mixes blood with his colors.
And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most.
And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most.
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.]
I mix them with my brains, sir.
I mix them with my brains, sir.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
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.
I paint things as they are. I don't comment.rn
I paint things as they are. I don't comment.rn