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.

The fellow mixes blood with his colors.

The fellow mixes blood with his colors.

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.]

I paint things as they are. I don't comment.rn

I paint things as they are. I don't comment.rn

He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own
genius: as he must needs paint for read more

He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own
genius: as he must needs paint for other minds, and not for his
own.

Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

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.

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

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

As certain as the Correggiosity of Correggio.

As certain as the Correggiosity of Correggio.