What Is Painting But The Act Of

It Is Very Rarely Granted Even To Nature Herself To Produce Anything Absolutely Perfect In Every Part.

A Common Error Of Ignorance Is To Maintain That What One Does Not Know Does Not Exist.

Painting Contains A Divine Force Which Not Only Makes Absent Men Present, As Friendship Is Said To Do, But Moreover Makes The Dead Seem Almost Alive.

Painting Is Possessed Of Divine Power, For Not Only Does It Make The Absent Present, But Also Makes The Dead Almost Alive.

As Ability Goes, So Goes Our Fortune.