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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.

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  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.

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  Thinking, Looks, Too Much

  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.

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  Imagination, Going Out, Lines

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

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• Do studies, not pictures. Know when you are licked - start another. Be alive, stop when your interest is lost.

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  Alive, Study, Lost

  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.

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  Education, Years, Study

  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.

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  Beautiful, Joy, Painting

  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.

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  Color, Fundamentals, Next

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

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  Success, Past, Squares

  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.

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  Littles, Little Things, Bigs

  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.

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  First Impression, Firsts, Realizing

  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.

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  Swings, Missing, Champagne

  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.

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  Drawing, Charm, Unfinished

  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.

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  Teaching, Poet, Fine

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• Each day has its own individuality of color.

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  Color, Individuality, Each Day

  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.

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  Waiting, Trying, Finishing

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

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• 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.

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  Doors, Unexpected, Surprise

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• Painting is just like making an after-dinner speech. If you want to be remembered, say one thing and stop.

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  Simplicity, Speech, Want

  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.

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  Simplicity, World, Hardest

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

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• Avoid distant views, paint objects close up. If the foreground is well done the distance will take care of itself.

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  Distance, Views, Done

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

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• In his attempt to develop the beauty he sees, the artist develops himself.

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  Artist, Growth

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• 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.

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  Future, Mean, Promise

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

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• Paint what you see, not what you know.

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  Vision, Paint, Awe

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• 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.

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  Humility, Humble, Pride

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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.

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  Attitude, Men, Way

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

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• Get into the habit of doing what you see, not what you know. Human reason cannot foresee the accidents of out-of-doors.

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  Doors, Reason, Habit

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