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 More Quotes by E. J. Hughes More Quotes From E. J. Hughes Worry, about the 'thousand and one' details entailed. My one-track mind has to be relieved of these worries completely or I cannot get started working on my paintings, or even get to sleep at night. E. J. Hughes worrysleepnight 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 designqualityphotography 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 black-and-whitepreparationcartoon Although not of the quality of my later work, I feel there is some quality to it [my early work] in an art sense, and probably some additional quality in a biographical sense. E. J. Hughes qualityfeelsart 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 artistappreciationthinking I'm going to just sit down for a couple of weeks and do nothing but read who-dunnits and Art books. I feel my work is getting a bit dull and mechanical and this proposed resting should work up some enthusiasm in me. E. J. Hughes couplebookart I felt landscapes would sell more readily, and not being equipped psychologically to be a teacher or commercial artist, that was important. E. J. Hughes importantartistteacher At present I am using a good sized bedroom in the 2 bedroom house here as a studio, and it is large enough to step back from my canvases, and has a good north light. It should serve very well until I can afford to have the storeroom half of the back building lined and insulated and a chimney put in. That may be in about two years. E. J. Hughes bedroom-houselightyears The primitive style makes nature look like stage scenery. E. J. Hughes stagestylelooks The small figures that appear in my paintings are there only because they were there when I was working from nature on my preliminary sketches with pencil. E. J. Hughes pencilspaintingfigures Leonardo's Mona Lisa sure would have lost out if he had spent only 2 of the 4 or 5 years he took to complete it. It is thinking about him and Ryder, among others, that partly makes me feel so awful to send away a 'half-baked' painting. E. J. Hughes timeyearsthinking 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 oiltryingnight My goal is to make all my paintings clear and realistic, even more understandable than a photograph. E. J. Hughes paintingunderstandinggoal When I see these primitive effects coming into my pictures subconsciously, even though the perspective may be slightly out, I leave them in if it helps the general composition. E. J. Hughes perspectivemayhelping It would be nice once during my life to go over [to Europe] and study the original paintings of the Masters. E. J. Hughes nicewould-beeurope I feel that when I am painting, it is a form of worship. I see how wonderful nature is and how wonderful art is... and by trying to produce these works of art, I feel that I am just showing my appreciation of these creations. E. J. Hughes tryingappreciationart 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 cuttingchangemind If I didn't have a conviction that a serious painter can portray Nature more profoundly than the best colour photography, I'd probably give it all up or go abstract or take up photography. E. J. Hughes seriousphotographygiving I hope my work isn't dismissed by the critics as illustration or photography. E. J. Hughes illustrationcriticsphotography It is... treading on dangerous ground to paint the picturesque as I am at times doing. E. J. Hughes treadingpaintdanger
