A picture is a poem without words.

A picture is a poem without words.

Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.

Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.

Vain is the hope by colouring to display
The bright effulgence of the noontide ray
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Vain is the hope by colouring to display
The bright effulgence of the noontide ray
Or paint the full-orb'd ruler of the skies
With pencils dipt in dull terrestrial dyes.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most.

And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most.

Well, something must be done for May,
The time is drawing nigh--
To figure in the Catalogue,
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Well, something must be done for May,
The time is drawing nigh--
To figure in the Catalogue,
And woo the public eye.
Something I must invent and paint;
But oh my wit is not
Like one of those kind substantives
That answer Who and What?

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.]

Lely on animated canvas stole
The sleepy eye, that spoke the melting soul.

Lely on animated canvas stole
The sleepy eye, that spoke the melting soul.