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William Hogarth Quotes

I have generally found that persons who had studied painting least were the best judges of it.

I have generally found that persons who had studied painting least were the best judges of it.

William Hogarth
Judging, Painting, Found

I know of no such thing as genius, genius is nothing but labor and diligence.

William Hogarth
Genius, Diligence, Labor
"The Works of William Hogarth: Including the Analysis of Beauty and Five Days' Peregrination".

I turned my thoughts to a still more novel mode... to compose pictures on canvas similar to representations on the stage... my picture is my stage, and men and women my players exhibited in a 'dumb' show.

William Hogarth
Player, Men, Dumb

Simplicity, without variety, is wholly insipid.

William Hogarth
Simplicity, Insipid, Variety
1753 The Analysis of Beauty

The serpentine line, or the line of grace, by its waving and winding at the same time different ways, leads the eye in a pleasing manner along the continuity of its variety.

William Hogarth
Eye, Grace, Different
William Hogarth (1803). “Anecdotes of Mr. Hogarth: And Explanatory Descriptions of the Plates of Hogarth Restored”

Time is not a great artist but weakens all he touches.

William Hogarth
Time, Artist, Great Art
William Hogarth (2013). “Engravings by Hogarth”, Courier Corporation

All the world is competent to judge my pictures except those who are of my profession.

William Hogarth
Envy, Judging, World

Straight lines vary only in length, and therefore are least ornamental.

William Hogarth
Lines, Length, Straight Lines
William Hogarth (2015). “Aestheticism in Art”, p.77, Parkstone International

I think it is owing to the good sense of the English that they have not painted better.

William Hogarth
Art, Thinking, Owing

I had rather, if cruelty has been prevented by the four prints [The Four Stages of Cruelty], be maker of them than of the [Raphael] cartoons.

William Hogarth
Compassion, Cartoon, Four

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