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Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things
Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things
Pictures must not be too picturesque.
Pictures must not be too picturesque.
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.
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 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 best can paint them who shall feel them most.
He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
I mix them with my brains, sir.
I mix them with my brains, sir.
I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.
Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.
