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Washington Allston Quotes about Art

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If an Artist love his Art for its own sake, he will delight in excellence wherever he meets it, as well in the work of another as in his own.

If an Artist love his Art for its own sake, he will delight in excellence wherever he meets it, as well in the work of another as in his own.

Washington Allston
Art, Excellence, Delight
Washington Allston (1850). “Lectures on Art, and Poems”, p.167

Never judge a work of art by its defects.

Washington Allston
Art, Umpires, Judging

Reverence is an ennobling sentiment; it is felt to be degrading only by the vulgar mind, which would escape the sense of its own littleness by elevating itself into an antagonist of what is above it. He that has no pleasure in looking up is not fit so much as to look down. Of such minds are mannerists in Art; in the world, tyrants of all sorts.

Washington Allston
Art, Tyrants, Mind
Washington Allston, Richard Henry Dana (1850). “Lectures on Art, and Poems”, p.168, Scholarly Pub Office Univ of

Selfishness in art, as in other things, is sensibility kept at home.

Washington Allston
Art, Home, Selfishness
Washington Allston, Richard Henry Dana (1850). “Lectures on Art, and Poems”, p.168, Scholarly Pub Office Univ of

The Painter who seeks popularity in Art closes the door upon his own genius.

Washington Allston
Art, Doors, Genius
Washington Allston, Richard Henry Dana (1850). “Lectures on Art, and Poems”, p.171, Scholarly Pub Office Univ of

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