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The picture waits for my verdict; it is not to command me, but I am to settle its claim to praise.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

One picture in ten thousand, perhaps, ought to live in the applause of mankind, from generation to generation until the colors fade and blacken out of sight or the canvas rot entirely away.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can shew me in the world.

Samuel Johnson

The painter who draws by practise and judgment of the eye without the use of reason is like the mirror which reproduces within itself all the objects which are set opposite to it without knowledge of the same.

Leonardo da Vinci

How vain painting is-we admire the realistic depiction of objects which in their original state we don't admire at all.

Blaise Pascal

You want to know how to paint a perfect painting? It's easy. Make yourself perfect and then just paint naturally.

Robert M. Pirsig

A little amateur painting in water-colour shows the innocent and quiet mind.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

Oscar Wilde

Not a day without a line.

Apelles

It's so good and so terrible to attack a blank canvas.

Paul Cezanne

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Love Quote

Few people know what they mean when they say, "I love you." ... Well, what does the word love mean? It means total interest. I think the reason very few people really fall in love with anyone is they're not willing to pay the price. The price is you have to adjust yourself to them.

- Katharine Hepburn

Love Quote

I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me.

- Anonymous

Life Quote

Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?

- Bob Marley

Funny Quote

Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.

- Yogi Berra

Happiness Quote

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.

- Maxim Gorky

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