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William Morris Hunt Quotes

Imagination comes in after we have experience Picture Quote #1

Compare constantly, lines and angles... Hold looking-glass before your model and your drawing. Take a second’s glance only, and see if the impression be the same. If it be not, ask, ‘What is the difference? Picture Quote #1

Give up the idea of ‘color’ for awhile! Consider masses - values, only... One dark and one light place in every picture Picture Quote #1

$Beauty is that little something that fills the whole world, and is contained neither in a single straight nose, a long eyelash, nor a blue mountain. Some see it in a leg of mutton, others in a compound fracture; and to expect others to accept one’s own definition of it is as absurd as to expect all humanity to use the same toilet-brush Picture Quote #1$

The artist is an interpreter of Nature. People learn to love Nature through pictures. To the artist, nothing is in vain; nothing beneath his notice. If he is great enough, he will exalt every subject which he treats Picture Quote #1

The mission of art is to represent nature not to imitate her Picture Quote #1

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You can’t do a fine thing without having seen fine examples Picture Quote #1

Inspiration is nothing without work Picture Quote #1

You are to draw not reality, but the appearance of reality! Picture Quote #1

Nature is economical. She puts her lights and darks only where she needs them Picture Quote #1

Believe that time is going to help you do what you want Picture Quote #1

There’s lots of fun in this world, after all. And if there isn’t, there is in the next. And we’re going there, sure Picture Quote #1

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Strive for simplicity! Don’t have the face a checkerboard of tints! Use such colors as nature uses, but not try to keep them distinct! Your work may be called monotonous, but one tone is better than many which do not harmonize Picture Quote #1

What is nobler than a man wresting and wringing his bread from the stubborn soil by the sweat of his brow and the break of his back for his wife and children! Picture Quote #1

Let me give you a few simple rules for learning to draw. First, see of what shape the whole thing is. Next, put in the line that marks the movement of the whole. Don’t have more than one movement in a figure; you can’t patch parts together. Simple lines; then simple values. Establish the fact of the whole. Is it square, oblong, cube, or what is it? Picture Quote #1

It gives a fellow an awful shiver to hear the first shovelful of dirt and gravel rattle down upon the coffin; but after it is covered, it falls gently and makes no sound. The feeling of rest is perfect. There’s no more nagging, no more pain! Picture Quote #1

I tell you it’s no joke to paint a portrait. I wonder that I am not more timid when I begin. I feel almost certain that I can do it. It seems very simple. I don’t think of the time that is sure to come when I almost despair, when the whole thing seems hopeless Picture Quote #1

How are we going to make painters by lecturing to them? We are going to make questioners, doubters, and talkers. We are going to make painters by painting ourselves, and by showing the paintings of others. By working frankly from our convictions, we are going to make them work frankly from theirs Picture Quote #1

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Don’t put needless expense into painting a head! Don’t try to match tints! Rose and pearly colours blend into each other so that no one can unite them if painted separately. Keep the impression of your subject as one thing! Picture Quote #1

Most of us live for the critic, and he lives on us. He doesn’t sacrifice himself. He gets so much a line for writing a criticism. If the birds should read the newspapers, they would all take to changing their notes. The parrots would exchange with the nightingales, and what a farce it would be! Picture Quote #1

I don’t like persuaded sitters. I never could paint a cat if the cat had any scruples, religious, superstitious, or otherwise, about sitting Picture Quote #1

Painting is the only universal language. All nature is creation’s picture book. Painting alone can describe every thing which can be seen, and suggest every emotion which can be felt. Art reaches back into the babyhood of time, and is man’s only lasting monument Picture Quote #1

How are things visible? Can you see an egg against a white background? Not by drawing a line around it can you make it evident Picture Quote #1

When an artist leaves his work to amuse people, he loses his time and their respect. If people are to be amused by artists, it must be by employing them in their legitimate occupation Picture Quote #1

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Art teaches you the philosophy of life, and if you can’t learn it from art, you can’t learn it at all. It shows you that there is no perfection. There is light, and there is shadow. Everything is in half tint Picture Quote #1

You can always draw as well as you know how to. I flatter myself that I feel more than I express on canvas; but I know that is not so Picture Quote #1

It’s impossible to make a picture without values. Values are the basis. If they are not, tell me what is the basis Picture Quote #1

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Imagination comes in after we have experience (William Morris Hunt Quotes) Compare constantly, lines and angles... Hold looking-glass before your model and your drawing. Take a second’s glance only, and see if the impression be the same. If it be not, ask, ‘What is the difference? (William Morris Hunt Quotes) Give up the idea of ‘color’ for awhile! Consider masses - values, only... One dark and one light place in every picture (William Morris Hunt Quotes) Beauty is that little something that fills the whole world, and is contained neither in a single straight nose, a long eyelash, nor a blue mountain. Some see it in a leg of mutton, others in a compound fracture; and to expect others to accept one’s own definition of it is as absurd as to expect all humanity to use the same toilet-brush (William Morris Hunt Quotes) The artist is an interpreter of Nature. People learn to love Nature through pictures. To the artist, nothing is in vain; nothing beneath his notice. If he is great enough, he will exalt every subject which he treats (William Morris Hunt Quotes) The mission of art is to represent nature not to imitate her (William Morris Hunt Quotes) You can’t do a fine thing without having seen fine examples (William Morris Hunt Quotes) Inspiration is nothing without work (William Morris Hunt Quotes) You are to draw not reality, but the appearance of reality! (William Morris Hunt Quotes) Nature is economical. She puts her lights and darks only where she needs them (William Morris Hunt Quotes) Believe that time is going to help you do what you want (William Morris Hunt Quotes) There’s lots of fun in this world, after all. And if there isn’t, there is in the next. And we’re going there, sure (William Morris Hunt Quotes) Strive for simplicity! Don’t have the face a checkerboard of tints! Use such colors as nature uses, but not try to keep them distinct! Your work may be called monotonous, but one tone is better than many which do not harmonize (William Morris Hunt Quotes) What is nobler than a man wresting and wringing his bread from the stubborn soil by the sweat of his brow and the break of his back for his wife and children! (William Morris Hunt Quotes) Let me give you a few simple rules for learning to draw. First, see of what shape the whole thing is. Next, put in the line that marks the movement of the whole. Don’t have more than one movement in a figure; you can’t patch parts together. Simple lines; then simple values. Establish the fact of the whole. Is it square, oblong, cube, or what is it? (William Morris Hunt Quotes) It gives a fellow an awful shiver to hear the first shovelful of dirt and gravel rattle down upon the coffin; but after it is covered, it falls gently and makes no sound. The feeling of rest is perfect. There’s no more nagging, no more pain! (William Morris Hunt Quotes) I tell you it’s no joke to paint a portrait. I wonder that I am not more timid when I begin. I feel almost certain that I can do it. It seems very simple. I don’t think of the time that is sure to come when I almost despair, when the whole thing seems hopeless (William Morris Hunt Quotes) How are we going to make painters by lecturing to them? We are going to make questioners, doubters, and talkers. We are going to make painters by painting ourselves, and by showing the paintings of others. By working frankly from our convictions, we are going to make them work frankly from theirs (William Morris Hunt Quotes) Don’t put needless expense into painting a head! Don’t try to match tints! Rose and pearly colours blend into each other so that no one can unite them if painted separately. Keep the impression of your subject as one thing! (William Morris Hunt Quotes) Most of us live for the critic, and he lives on us. He doesn’t sacrifice himself. He gets so much a line for writing a criticism. If the birds should read the newspapers, they would all take to changing their notes. The parrots would exchange with the nightingales, and what a farce it would be! (William Morris Hunt Quotes) I don’t like persuaded sitters. I never could paint a cat if the cat had any scruples, religious, superstitious, or otherwise, about sitting (William Morris Hunt Quotes) Painting is the only universal language. All nature is creation’s picture book. Painting alone can describe every thing which can be seen, and suggest every emotion which can be felt. Art reaches back into the babyhood of time, and is man’s only lasting monument (William Morris Hunt Quotes) How are things visible? Can you see an egg against a white background? Not by drawing a line around it can you make it evident (William Morris Hunt Quotes) When an artist leaves his work to amuse people, he loses his time and their respect. If people are to be amused by artists, it must be by employing them in their legitimate occupation (William Morris Hunt Quotes) Art teaches you the philosophy of life, and if you can’t learn it from art, you can’t learn it at all. It shows you that there is no perfection. There is light, and there is shadow. Everything is in half tint (William Morris Hunt Quotes) You can always draw as well as you know how to. I flatter myself that I feel more than I express on canvas; but I know that is not so (William Morris Hunt Quotes) It’s impossible to make a picture without values. Values are the basis. If they are not, tell me what is the basis (William Morris Hunt Quotes)