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A flattering painter, who made it his care
To draw men as they ought to be, not as they read more
A flattering painter, who made it his care
To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.
I paint things as they are. I don't comment.rn
I paint things as they are. I don't comment.rn
As certain as the Correggiosity of Correggio.
As certain as the Correggiosity of Correggio.
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.
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," said Cromwell,
"Rough with age and gashed with wars;
Show my visage read more
"Paint me as I am," said Cromwell,
"Rough with age and gashed with wars;
Show my visage as you find it,
Less than truth my soul abhors."
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.]
Pictures must not be too picturesque.
Pictures must not be too picturesque.
And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most.
And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most.
