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Famous John Singer Sargent Quotes
“Make the best of an emergency.”
Source: John Singer Sargent: The Sensualist
“A portrait is a painting with something wrong with the mouth.”
“You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.”
“I don't dig beneath the surface for things that don't appear before my own eyes.”
“It is certain that at certain times talent entirely overcomes thought or poetry.”