Augustus John Quotes

• A painter leaves his emotions behind him for posterity to share.

  Augustus John

  Emotion, Painting, Share

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• The... promptitude with which many painters, on arriving at an entirely new and unfamiliar place, settle down to work at once, never fails to astonish me: it seems indecent, like button-holing a complete stranger.

  Augustus John

  Buttons, Arriving, Failing

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