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The value of a canvas depends almost entirely on your mental attitude, not on your moral attitude; depends on what kind of a man you are, the way you observe.

The value of a canvas depends almost entirely on your mental attitude, not on your moral attitude; depends on what kind of a man you are, the way you observe.

Charles Webster Hawthorne
Attitude, Men, Way
Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

Have as much fun as you can and don't feel that the edge of your canvas confines you - let your vision go right on.

Charles Webster Hawthorne
Fun, Vision, Canvas
Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

See what you can do with your daring with color and your ignorance mixed with it.

Charles Webster Hawthorne
Ignorance, Color, Daring
Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

The ring, the call, the surprise, the shock that you have out-of-doors - be always looking for the unexpected in nature, do not settle to a formula.

Charles Webster Hawthorne
Doors, Unexpected, Surprise

Keep this little canvas, it is a promise for the future. When I say 'keep this canvas,' I mean for the influence on yourself. When one does a good thing, it's well to keep it to show how foolish we are at other times.

Charles Webster Hawthorne
Future, Mean, Promise
Richard Mühlberger, Charles Webster Hawthorne (1999). “Charles Webster Hawthorne”, University of Washington Press

Man-made things, buildings, boats, etc., we see more decidedly than the other things in a landscape.

Charles Webster Hawthorne
Men, Landscape, Etc

It is so hard and long before a student comes to a realization that these [first] few large simple spots in right relations are the most important things in the study of painting. They are the fundamentals of all painting.

Charles Webster Hawthorne
Simple, Long, Important

Get into the habit of doing what you see, not what you know. Human reason cannot foresee the accidents of out-of-doors.

Charles Webster Hawthorne
Doors, Reason, Habit

The world is waiting for men with vision - it is not interested in mere pictures.

Charles Webster Hawthorne
Men, Waiting, Vision

In his attempt to develop the beauty he sees, the artist develops himself.

Charles Webster Hawthorne
Artist, Growth

Be humble about it. Paint the color tones as they come against each other, and make them sing, vibrate. Don't ask me to look at those self-satisfied, pretty things.

Charles Webster Hawthorne
Humility, Humble, Pride

Chase used to say, 'When you're looking at your canvas and worrying about it, try to think of your canvas as the reality and the model as the painted thing.'

Charles Webster Hawthorne
Thinking, Reality, Worry

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