Put variety in white. Charles Webster Hawthorne More Quotes by Charles Webster Hawthorne More Quotes From Charles Webster Hawthorne Anything under the sun is beautiful if you have the vision it is the seeing of the thing that makes it so. Charles Webster Hawthorne vision sun beautiful Do not let it look as if you reasoned too much. Painting must be impulsive to be worth while. Charles Webster Hawthorne too-much looks thinking By having the big lines of the composition going out of the canvas, your imagination can wander beyond the edge. It will make it seem part of a large composition. Charles Webster Hawthorne going-out lines imagination Do studies, not pictures. Know when you are licked - start another. Be alive, stop when your interest is lost. Charles Webster Hawthorne alive study lost Study continuously, developing yourself into a better person, more sensitive to things in nature. Spend years in getting ready. Charles Webster Hawthorne study education years There is an aesthetic excitement about painting which is one of the most beautiful experiences that can be. Put things down while you feel that joy. Charles Webster Hawthorne painting joy beautiful The mechanics of putting one spot of color next to another, that is the fundamental thing. Charles Webster Hawthorne next color fundamentals If you look into the past of the successful painter you will find square miles of canvas behind him. Charles Webster Hawthorne squares success past It is so much better to make a big thing out of a little subject than to make a little thing out of a big one. Charles Webster Hawthorne little-things bigs littles Swing a bigger brush - you don't know what you're missing. Charles Webster Hawthorne champagne swings missing Realize the value of putting down your first impression quickly. Charles Webster Hawthorne first-impression realizing firsts A sketch has charm because of its truth - not because it is unfinished. Charles Webster Hawthorne unfinished charm drawing We must all teach ourselves to be fine, to be poets. Charles Webster Hawthorne fine poet teaching Each day has its own individuality of color. Charles Webster Hawthorne individuality color each-day Put off finish as it takes a lifetime - wait until later to try to finish things - make a lot of starts. Charles Webster Hawthorne finishing waiting trying Man-made things, buildings, boats, etc., we see more decidedly than the other things in a landscape. Charles Webster Hawthorne landscape etc men See what you can do with your daring with color and your ignorance mixed with it. Charles Webster Hawthorne daring color ignorance Avoid distant views, paint objects close up. If the foreground is well done the distance will take care of itself. Charles Webster Hawthorne distance done views Spend a lifetime in hard work with a humble mind. Charles Webster Hawthorne humble mind work 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
