William Morris Hunt Quotes
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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.
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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.
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You can't do a fine thing without having seen fine examples.
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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.
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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!
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Don't talk of what you are 'going to do!' Do it!
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Nature is economical. She puts her lights and darks only where she needs them.
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Imagination comes in after we have experience.