THE MIND OF THE ARTIST
I
An able painter by his power of penetration into the mysteries of his art is usually an able critic.
Alfred Stevens.
The Belgian painter, not the English sculptor.
II
Art, like love, excludes all competition, and absorbs the man.
Fuseli.
III
A good painter has two chief objects to paint, namely, man, and the intention of his soul. The first is easy, the second difficult, because he has to represent it...
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