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I had rather, if cruelty has been prevented by the four prints [The Four Stages of Cruelty], be maker of them than of the [Raphael] cartoons.

All the world is competent to judge my pictures except those who are of my profession.

I think it is owing to the good sense of the English that they have not painted better.

Time is not a great artist but weakens all he touches.

I know no such thing as genius, - genius is nothing but labor and diligence.

Straight lines vary only in length, and therefore are least ornamental.

Simplicity, without variety, is wholly insipid.

I have generally found that persons who had studied painting least were the best judges of it.