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"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."
Pictures must not be too picturesque.
Pictures must not be too picturesque.
The fellow mixes blood with his colors.
The fellow mixes blood with his colors.
He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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?
And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most.
And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most.
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.
