“I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the worldQuote by Samuel JohnsonTopics: Quotes about PaintingShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.#Samuel Johnson
Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...#Friendship
If the painter works directly from nature, he ultimately looks for nothing but momentary effects;...#Painting
The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far...#Painting, #Poetry, #Poets
