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And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most.
And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most.
"Paint me as I am," said Cromwell,
"Rough with age and gashed with wars;
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"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."
I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
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 mix them with my brains, sir.
I mix them with my brains, sir.
A picture is a poem without words.
A picture is a poem without words.
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?
As certain as the Correggiosity of Correggio.
As certain as the Correggiosity of Correggio.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
