“Beauty is that little something that fills the whole world, and is contained neither in a single straight nose, a long eyelash, nor a blue mountain. Some see it in a leg of mutton, others in a compound fracture; and to expect others to accept one's own definition of it is as absurd as to expect all humanity to use the same toilet-brush.” WorldLittlesLongWholeUseHumanityAcceptingMountainBlueDefinitionsLegsWhole WorldAbsurdNosesBrushesToiletsCompoundsEyelashesFractureMutton 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
“I tell you it's no joke to paint a portrait. I wonder that I am not more timid when I begin. I feel almost certain that I can do it. It seems very simple. I don't think of the time that is sure to come when I almost despair, when the whole thing seems hopeless.” ThinkingFeelsI CanWholeSeemsCertainCan DoSimpleWonderDespairJokesPaintHopelessPortraitsI Can Do It Author:William Morris Hunt
“Let me give you a few simple rules for learning to draw. First, see of what shape the whole thing is. Next, put in the line that marks the movement of the whole. Don't have more than one movement in a figure; you can't patch parts together. Simple lines; then simple values. Establish the fact of the whole. Is it square, oblong, cube, or what is it?” GivingFirstsWholeFactsTogetherValuesNextLinesSimpleFiguresMovementShapesDrawsLet MeMarkSquaresPatchesCubes Book:William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing Source: William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing
