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E. J. Hughes quotes: I am hoping that, with the added wisdom of old age, I can still look ahead for an improvement in tone, line, colour and composition.

I am hoping that, with the added wisdom of old age, I can still look ahead for an improvement in tone, line, colour and composition.

E. J. Hughes quotes: It is a matter mostly of having the time to spare from my finished paintings to put in on travelling and sketching out of doors.

It is a matter mostly of having the time to spare from my finished paintings to put in on travelling and sketching out of doors.

E. J. Hughes quotes: It would be nice once during my life to go over [to Europe] and study the original paintings of the Masters.

It would be nice once during my life to go over [to Europe] and study the original paintings of the Masters.

E. J. Hughes quotes: I am trying to get my paintings a bit lighter in tone, as some of my recent oils have been mistaken for night scenes.

I am trying to get my paintings a bit lighter in tone, as some of my recent oils have been mistaken for night scenes.

E. J. Hughes quotes: My goal is to make all my paintings clear and realistic, even more understandable than a photograph.

My goal is to make all my paintings clear and realistic, even more understandable than a photograph.

E. J. Hughes quotes: It is definitely mostly due to the invention of the camera that all this design and emphasized paint quality have come into painting.

It is definitely mostly due to the invention of the camera that all this design and emphasized paint quality have come into painting.

E. J. Hughes quotes: I try to do much of the necessary alteration on the black and white [cartoons] rather than leave it to be done on the paintings.

I try to do much of the necessary alteration on the black and white [cartoons] rather than leave it to be done on the paintings.

E. J. Hughes quotes: The primitive style makes nature look like stage scenery.

The primitive style makes nature look like stage scenery.

E. J. Hughes quotes: I don't know just what, but there will have to be some drastic changes made besides cutting down on boating to get my mind more on painting.

I don't know just what, but there will have to be some drastic changes made besides cutting down on boating to get my mind more on painting.

E. J. Hughes quotes: It feels much better to me to think that an artist is working to show his appreciation of what already has been created than creating things himself.

It feels much better to me to think that an artist is working to show his appreciation of what already has been created than creating things himself.

E. J. Hughes quotes: One of the main reasons I paint is because I think nature is so wonderful. I want to try to get my feelings of that down on canvas, if possible.

One of the main reasons I paint is because I think nature is so wonderful. I want to try to get my feelings of that down on canvas, if possible.

E. J. Hughes quotes: I hope my work isn't dismissed by the critics as illustration or photography.

I hope my work isn't dismissed by the critics as illustration or photography.

E. J. Hughes quotes: As you can see, at my age - 48 - Art is still one big experiment.

As you can see, at my age - 48 - Art is still one big experiment.

E. J. Hughes quotes: It is ... treading on dangerous ground to paint the picturesque as I am at times doing.

It is ... treading on dangerous ground to paint the picturesque as I am at times doing.

E. J. Hughes quotes: Unfortunately when I start to talk or when someone watches over my shoulders my pencil either stops or I draw meaningless lines.

Unfortunately when I start to talk or when someone watches over my shoulders my pencil either stops or I draw meaningless lines.

E. J. Hughes quotes: I felt landscapes would sell more readily, and not being equipped psychologically to be a teacher or commercial artist, that was important.

I felt landscapes would sell more readily, and not being equipped psychologically to be a teacher or commercial artist, that was important.