“Minute and elaborately finished pictures never strongly impress the mind, and are but mere curiosities to gratify persons insensible to higher excellencies.” MindPersonsMinutesHigherMereCuriositySimplicityFinishedImpressInsensible Book:Hints on Light and Shadow, Composition, Etc: As Applicable to Landscape Painting Source: Hints on Light and Shadow, Composition, Etc: As Applicable to Landscape Painting
