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John Singer Sargent quotes: Make the best of an emergency.

Make the best of an emergency.

John Singer Sargent quotes: It is certain that at certain times talent entirely overcomes thought or poetry.

It is certain that at certain times talent entirely overcomes thought or poetry.

John Singer Sargent quotes: An artist painting a picture should have at his side a man with a club to hit him over the head when the picture is finished.

An artist painting a picture should have at his side a man with a club to hit him over the head when the picture is finished.

John Singer Sargent quotes: Color is an inborn gift, but appreciation of value is merely training of the eye, which everyone ought to be able to acquire.

Color is an inborn gift, but appreciation of value is merely training of the eye, which everyone ought to be able to acquire.

John Singer Sargent quotes: A portrait is a painting with something wrong with the mouth.

A portrait is a painting with something wrong with the mouth.

John Singer Sargent quotes: Mine is the horny hand of toil.

Mine is the horny hand of toil.

John Singer Sargent quotes: I do not judge, I only chronicle.

I do not judge, I only chronicle.

John Singer Sargent quotes: Cultivate an ever-continuous power of observation. Wherever you are, be always ready to make slight notes of postures, groups and incidents.

Cultivate an ever-continuous power of observation. Wherever you are, be always ready to make slight notes of postures, groups and incidents.

John Singer Sargent quotes: A portrait is a picture in which there is just a tiny little something not quite right about the mouth.

A portrait is a picture in which there is just a tiny little something not quite right about the mouth.

John Singer Sargent quotes: The thicker you paint, the more it flows.

The thicker you paint, the more it flows.

John Singer Sargent quotes: Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

John Singer Sargent quotes: A person with normal eyesight would have nothing to know in the way of 'Impressionism' unless he were in a blinding light or in the dusk or dark.

A person with normal eyesight would have nothing to know in the way of 'Impressionism' unless he were in a blinding light or in the dusk or dark.

John Singer Sargent quotes: No small dabs of colour - you want plenty of paint to paint with.

No small dabs of colour - you want plenty of paint to paint with.

John Singer Sargent quotes: I don't dig beneath the surface for things that don't appear before my own eyes.

I don't dig beneath the surface for things that don't appear before my own eyes.

John Singer Sargent quotes: You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.

You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.