“Children should learn to draw as they learn to write, and such a mystery should not be made of it. They should be encouraged, not flattered... then [later in life] double the effort is required to get the facility which might have been gained insensibly.” ShouldWritingChildrenHas BeensMadeMightEffortMysteryDrawsMight Have BeenFacilityFlatteredBe EncouragedLater In Life Author:William Morris Hunt
“Most of us live for the critic, and he lives on us. He doesn't sacrifice himself. He gets so much a line for writing a criticism. If the birds should read the newspapers, they would all take to changing their notes. The parrots would exchange with the nightingales, and what a farce it would be!” IfsShouldWritingWould BeLinesSacrificeBirdCriticismNotesCriticsNewspapersParrotsNightingalesFarce Book:W.M. Hunt's Talks about Art: With a Letter from J.E. Millais Source: W.M. Hunt's Talks about Art: With a Letter from J.E. Millais
“There is force and vitality in a first sketch from life which the after-work rarely has. You want a picture to seize you as forcibly as if a man had seized you by the shoulder! It should impress you like reality!” IfsMenWantShouldFirstsRealityForceShouldersImpressVitality Book:W.M. Hunt's Talks about Art: With a Letter from J.E. Millais Source: W.M. Hunt's Talks about Art: With a Letter from J.E. Millais
