Have as much fun as you can and don't feel that the edge of your canvas confines you - let your vision go right on. Charles Webster Hawthorne More Quotes by Charles Webster Hawthorne More Quotes From Charles Webster Hawthorne The ring, the call, the surprise, the shock that you have out-of-doors - be always looking for the unexpected in nature, do not settle to a formula. Charles Webster Hawthorne unexpected surprise doors Painting is just like making an after-dinner speech. If you want to be remembered, say one thing and stop. Charles Webster Hawthorne simplicity speech want To see things simply is the hardest thing in the world. Charles Webster Hawthorne hardest simplicity world The successful painter is continually painting still life. Charles Webster Hawthorne painter painting successful The world is waiting for men with vision - it is not interested in mere pictures. Charles Webster Hawthorne vision waiting men In his attempt to develop the beauty he sees, the artist develops himself. Charles Webster Hawthorne growth artist Paint what you see, not what you know. Charles Webster Hawthorne awe paint vision Be humble about it. Paint the color tones as they come against each other, and make them sing, vibrate. Don't ask me to look at those self-satisfied, pretty things. Charles Webster Hawthorne pride humility humble The value of a canvas depends almost entirely on your mental attitude, not on your moral attitude; depends on what kind of a man you are, the way you observe. Charles Webster Hawthorne attitude men way Get into the habit of doing what you see, not what you know. Human reason cannot foresee the accidents of out-of-doors. Charles Webster Hawthorne habit reason doors Try to do ugly things so that you make them beautiful... The more delicate the thing is in nature the more one must look for the solemn note. Color in nature is never pretty, it's beautiful. Charles Webster Hawthorne color beautiful beauty It is so hard and long before a student comes to a realization that these [first] few large simple spots in right relations are the most important things in the study of painting. They are the fundamentals of all painting. Charles Webster Hawthorne important simple long If you are not going to get a thrill, how can you give someone else one? You must feel the beauty of the thing before you start. Charles Webster Hawthorne thrill emotion giving Paint with freedom. It gives you more mastery of the nature of paint. Charles Webster Hawthorne mastery freedom giving Keep this little canvas, it is a promise for the future. When I say 'keep this canvas,' I mean for the influence on yourself. When one does a good thing, it's well to keep it to show how foolish we are at other times. Charles Webster Hawthorne future mean promise Chase used to say, 'When you're looking at your canvas and worrying about it, try to think of your canvas as the reality and the model as the painted thing.' Charles Webster Hawthorne worry reality thinking
