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The rare few, who, early in life, have rid themselves of the friendship of the many.
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (1890)
It is for the artist.. ..in portrait painting to put on canvas something more than the face the model wears for that one day; to paint the man, in short, as well as his features.
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (1890)
One cannot continually disappoint a Continent.
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (1890)
I am not arguing with you — I am telling you.
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (1890)
To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labor, is to say that it is incomplete and unfit for view.
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (1890)
Industry in art is a necessity - not a virtue - and any evidence of the same, in the production, is a blemish, not a quality; a proof, not of achievement, but of absolutely insufficient work, for work alone will efface the footsteps of work.
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (1890)
The masterpiece should appear as the flower to the painter—perfect in its bud as in its bloom - with no reason to explain it's presence - no mission to fulfill - a joy to the artist, a delusion to the philanthropist - a puzzle to the botanist - an accident of sentiment and alliteration to the literary man.
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (1890)