What did Washington Allston mean by: Nothing gets you behind faster than trying to keep up with people who are already there. Washington Allston Painter · USA Copy
+ The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself. Author, August 24, 2023January 2, 2025, Washington Allston, Competition, Self-improvement, Wisdom, 0 Washington Allston Painter · USA
The most common disguise of envy is in praise of what is subordinate. Read explanation Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Washington Allston, Jealousy, Praise, Subordination, 0 Washington Allston Painter · USA
Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Washington Allston, Consequences, Distinction, Object, 0 Washington Allston Painter · USA
The Painter who seeks popularity in Art closes the door upon his own genius. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Washington Allston, Art, Genius, Popularity, 0 Washington Allston Painter · USA
Selfishness in art, as in other things, is sensibility kept at home. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Washington Allston, Creativity, Individualism, Sensibility, 0 Washington Allston Painter · USA
He who has no pleasure in looking up, is not fit so much as to look down. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Washington Allston, Ambition, Capability, Perspective, 0 Washington Allston Painter · USA
The love of gain never made a painter; but it has marred many. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Washington Allston, Creativity, Greed, Integrity, 0 Washington Allston Painter · USA
Injustice allowed at home is not likely to be corrected abroad. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Washington Allston, Accountability, Consequences, Justice, 0 Washington Allston Painter · USA
The body is to be compared, not to a physical object, but rather to a work of art. Maurice Merleau-Ponty Philosopher · France
Whenever I see a Frans Hals I feel like painting, but when I see a Rembrandt I feel like giving up! Max Liebermann Painter · Germany
