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“Many a painter has lived in affluence, in high esteem, who lacked the divine spark, and who is utterly forgotten to-day.”

Quote by Walter J. Phillips

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Walter J. Phillips

Walter J. Phillips was a significant figure in the field of 【Identity Positioning】. Born on October 25, 1884, and passed away on July 5, 1963, his life was marked by a rich tapestry of experiences. His biography highlights his background, education, and career, with a focus on his achievements and contributions to the field, as well as his enduring impact and evaluation by later generations. more

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“Is the artist impelled by spiritual forces, by the divine afflatus, by conscious or unconscious emulation of others? Do angles whisper in the ears of the chosen few, and create for them visions of aethereal beauty? Do landscape painters of genius walk the plains of Heaven? Or is it only vanity that urges him to paint?”

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“Realism is condemned by those artists whose poverty of technique does not permit them to express it.”

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“The rewards of art are not always commensurate with its quality. It affords a precarious living.”

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“Rhythm is as necessary in a picture as pigment; it is as much a part of painting as of music.”

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“Many rules for the creation of colour schemes have been published in recent years, but, while they are popular in commercial studies, I know of no creative artist who employs them. They are, per se, restrictive; their use precludes any chance of adventuring in this interesting field.”

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“However exquisite the contours or the colours of clouds, trees, rivers or hills, may be in themselves, they must be sacrificed if they do not conform with the general plan.”

Ifs May Plans Sacrifice Tree Rivers Clouds Hills Colour Conform Exquisite

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“The painter who is so enamoured by the beauties of the parts of a landscape, that he strives to represent all, cannot succeed. His picture will be an arrangement of a series of portraits of things without unity... There must be variety and contrast, but in measured doses.”

Succeed Series Unity Strive Simplicity Painter Variety Landscape Contrast Arrangements Portraits Strife Dose

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“The most interesting studio work, and perhaps the most practicable, is painting from pencil sketches and notes... It ensures the elimination of all facts but those essential to the effect.”

Facts Interesting Effects Painting Essentials Notes Simplicity Studios Pencils Most Interesting Elimination

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“Style is instinctive and few achieve it in a notable degree. Its development is not hastened by instruction. It comes or it doesn't. It will take care of itself.”

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“While it is emotion that gives an impulse to the landscape painter, it is his style that inspires the critic's praise, and his subject that inveigles the untutored beholder.”

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