What did Washington Allston mean by: The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself. Washington Allston Painter · USA Copy
Nothing gets you behind faster than trying to keep up with people who are already there. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Washington Allston, Comparison, Inadequacy, Pace, 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
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 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
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
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 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
+ Never judge a work of art by its defects. Author, August 6, 2023January 2, 2025, Washington Allston, Appreciation, Perception, Quality, 0 Washington Allston Painter · USA
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Read explanation François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Read explanation François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
