Art is a reality, not a definition; inasmuch as it approaches a reality, it approaches perfection, and inasmuch as it approaches a mere definition, it is imperfect and untrue.
About Benjamin Haydon
Benjamin Robert Haydonwas a British painter who specialised in grand historical pictures, although he also painted a few contemporary subjects and portraits. His commercial success was damaged by his often tactless dealings with patrons, and by the enormous scale on which he preferred to work.
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Men who have reached and passed 45, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this.
English painter, specialising in grand historical pictures (1786-1846)
There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.
English painter, specialising in grand historical pictures (1786-1846)
Genius is nothing more than common faculties refined to a greater intensity. There are no astonishing ways of doing astonishing things. All astonishing things are done by ordinary materials.
English painter, specialising in grand historical pictures (1786-1846)
Art is a reality, not a definition; inasmuch as it approaches a reality, it approaches perfection, and inasmuch as it approaches a mere definition, it is imperfect and untrue.
English painter, specialising in grand historical pictures (1786-1846)
When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for.
English painter, specialising in grand historical pictures (1786-1846)
The only legitimate artists in England are the architects.
English painter, specialising in grand historical pictures (1786-1846)
Fortunately for serious minds, a bias recognized is a bias sterilized.
English painter, specialising in grand historical pictures (1786-1846)