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Walter J. Phillips quotes: It is not in the nature of lenses to tell the whole truth. They are instruments of exaggeration and belittlement.

It is not in the nature of lenses to tell the whole truth. They are instruments of exaggeration and belittlement.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: Tradition is a prop for social security.

Tradition is a prop for social security.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: Beauty, pleasure, and the good things of life are intensified, and perhaps only exist, by reason of contrast.

Beauty, pleasure, and the good things of life are intensified, and perhaps only exist, by reason of contrast.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: The rewards of art are not always commensurate with its quality. It affords a precarious living.

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

Walter J. Phillips quotes: The importance of colour is as nothing compared with that of form, chiaroscuro and arrangement. They are the true and enduring bases of pictorial art.

The importance of colour is as nothing compared with that of form, chiaroscuro and arrangement. They are the true and enduring bases of pictorial art.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: Be content with nothing less than perfection.

Be content with nothing less than perfection.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: Difficulties will assail you only when you lack in concentration and persistence.

Difficulties will assail you only when you lack in concentration and persistence.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: A mistake in drawing becomes difficult to detect when the eye is familiar with it.

A mistake in drawing becomes difficult to detect when the eye is familiar with it.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: In painting, whether colour reflection is apparent or not, every hue must echo neighbouring hues, so that homogeneity may be attained.

In painting, whether colour reflection is apparent or not, every hue must echo neighbouring hues, so that homogeneity may be attained.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: A landscape painting in which composition is ignored is like a line taken from a poem at random: it lacks context, and may or may not make sense.

A landscape painting in which composition is ignored is like a line taken from a poem at random: it lacks context, and may or may not make sense.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: The play of sunlight is amusement enough for a lazy man ...

The play of sunlight is amusement enough for a lazy man ...

Walter J. Phillips quotes: For an intelligent estimate of your technique go to another artist working in the same medium.

For an intelligent estimate of your technique go to another artist working in the same medium.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: Humility counts for much, but it may be that vanity does not dispossess that admirable quality.

Humility counts for much, but it may be that vanity does not dispossess that admirable quality.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: Take away a painter's vanity, said a famous landscape painter, and he will never touch a pencil again.

Take away a painter's vanity, said a famous landscape painter, and he will never touch a pencil again.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: Colour is as variable and evanescent in the form of pigment as in visible nature.

Colour is as variable and evanescent in the form of pigment as in visible nature.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: The syllogism art for art's sake refers to that kind of painting which disregards, or is contrary to, public taste.

The syllogism art for art's sake refers to that kind of painting which disregards, or is contrary to, public taste.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: Rhythm is as necessary in a picture as pigment; it is as much a part of painting as of music.

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

Walter J. Phillips quotes: Let it not be assumed that the artist is so smug as to dislike true criticism. No sincere artist was ever completely satisfied with his labour.

Let it not be assumed that the artist is so smug as to dislike true criticism. No sincere artist was ever completely satisfied with his labour.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: The beauties of conception are always superior to those of expression.

The beauties of conception are always superior to those of expression.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: I don't like to think that I am a slave to technique, or so inept that I have to restrict myself to one method.

I don't like to think that I am a slave to technique, or so inept that I have to restrict myself to one method.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: Beauty may be perceived in any scene by one with sympathy and understanding. Beauty is in the mind.

Beauty may be perceived in any scene by one with sympathy and understanding. Beauty is in the mind.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: Many a painter has lived in affluence, in high esteem, who lacked the divine spark, and who is utterly forgotten to-day.

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

Walter J. Phillips quotes: Subject has the variety of life.

Subject has the variety of life.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: The beauty and wonders of nature are as alluring as the pursuit of Art, and made of me a landscape painter.

The beauty and wonders of nature are as alluring as the pursuit of Art, and made of me a landscape painter.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: Water is the most expressive element in nature. It responds to every mood from tranquility to turbulence.

Water is the most expressive element in nature. It responds to every mood from tranquility to turbulence.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: The deserving are not always blest. That peculiar attribute known as personality is as potent a factor as genius.

The deserving are not always blest. That peculiar attribute known as personality is as potent a factor as genius.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: In large studio paintings ... composition, or arrangement, may be better studied, and nearer perfection, washes may be more suavely graded ...

In large studio paintings ... composition, or arrangement, may be better studied, and nearer perfection, washes may be more suavely graded ...

Walter J. Phillips quotes: Luminosity is a quality dependent as much on technique as on the physical properties of individual pigments.

Luminosity is a quality dependent as much on technique as on the physical properties of individual pigments.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: The character of the subject must influence the choice of the method of its representation.

The character of the subject must influence the choice of the method of its representation.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: Drawing is the representation of form - the graphic expression of a visual experience.

Drawing is the representation of form - the graphic expression of a visual experience.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: Realism is condemned by those artists whose poverty of technique does not permit them to express it.

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

Walter J. Phillips quotes: The true artist and the sane collector never will tolerate insincerity and impudence.

The true artist and the sane collector never will tolerate insincerity and impudence.

Walter J. Phillips quotes: Do not think me fussy when I specify tidiness. It is essential ... In printing, remember that cleanliness and order wait upon success.

Do not think me fussy when I specify tidiness. It is essential ... In printing, remember that cleanliness and order wait upon success.