An artist painting a picture should have at his side a man with a club to hit him over the head when the picture is finished.
John Singer SargentIt is certain that at certain times talent entirely overcomes thought or poetry.
John Singer SargentImpressionism' was the name given to a certain form of observation when Monet, not content with using his eyes to see what things were or what they looked like as everybody had done before him, turned his attention to noting what took place on his own retina (as an oculist would test his own vision).
John Singer Sargent