Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

Paint me as I am. If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I
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Paint me as I am. If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I
will not pay you a shilling.

The only good copies are those which exhibit the defects of bad
originals.

The only good copies are those which exhibit the defects of bad
originals.

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.]

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

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

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

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Painting with all its technicalities, difficulties, and peculiar
ends, is nothing but a noble and expressive language, invaluable
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Painting with all its technicalities, difficulties, and peculiar
ends, is nothing but a noble and expressive language, invaluable
as the vehicle of thought, but by itself nothing.