Enthusiasm for one's goal lessens the disagreeableness of working toward it.
No man, and least of all myself, could ever disentangle the feelings that animated him.
I taught in the Academy from the opening of the schools until I was turned out, a period much longer than I should have permitted myself to remain there. My honors are misunderstanding, persecution and neglect, enhanced because unsought.
The big artist .. . keeps a sharp eye on Nature and steals her tools.
My honors are misunderstanding, pesecution and neglect, enhanced because unsought.
Strain your brain more than your eye... You can copy a thing to a certain limit. Then you must use intellect.