Charles Webster Hawthorne Quotes

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• 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

  Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

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• 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

  Littles, Little Things, Bigs

  Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

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• 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

  Beautiful, Vision, Sun

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• Do not let it look as if you reasoned too much. Painting must be impulsive to be worth while.

  Charles Webster Hawthorne

  Thinking, Looks, Too Much

  Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

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• If you look into the past of the successful painter you will find square miles of canvas behind him.

  Charles Webster Hawthorne

  Success, Past, Squares

  Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

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• A sketch has charm because of its truth - not because it is unfinished.

  Charles Webster Hawthorne

  Drawing, Charm, Unfinished

  Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

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• To see things simply is the hardest thing in the world.

  Charles Webster Hawthorne

  Simplicity, World, Hardest

  Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

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• Swing a bigger brush - you don't know what you're missing.

  Charles Webster Hawthorne

  Swings, Missing, Champagne

  Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

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• Put off finish as it takes a lifetime - wait until later to try to finish things - make a lot of starts.

  Charles Webster Hawthorne

  Waiting, Trying, Finishing

  Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

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• Put variety in white.

  Charles Webster Hawthorne

  White, Colour, Variety

  Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

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• 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

  Beautiful, Joy, Painting

  Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

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• Each day has its own individuality of color.

  Charles Webster Hawthorne

  Color, Individuality, Each Day

  Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

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• 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

  Imagination, Going Out, Lines

  Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

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• Study continuously, developing yourself into a better person, more sensitive to things in nature. Spend years in getting ready.

  Charles Webster Hawthorne

  Education, Years, Study

  Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

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• The mechanics of putting one spot of color next to another, that is the fundamental thing.

  Charles Webster Hawthorne

  Color, Fundamentals, Next

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• 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

  Giving, Thrill, Emotion

  Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

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• We must all teach ourselves to be fine, to be poets.

  Charles Webster Hawthorne

  Teaching, Poet, Fine

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• The successful painter is continually painting still life.

  Charles Webster Hawthorne

  Successful, Painting, Painter

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• Paint what you see, not what you know.

  Charles Webster Hawthorne

  Vision, Paint, Awe

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• 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

  Beauty, Beautiful, Color

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• 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

  Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

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• Realize the value of putting down your first impression quickly.

  Charles Webster Hawthorne

  First Impression, Firsts, Realizing

  Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

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• 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

  Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

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• See what you can do with your daring with color and your ignorance mixed with it.

  Charles Webster Hawthorne

  Ignorance, Color, Daring

  Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

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• 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

  Fun, Vision, Canvas

  Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

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