Quotes by Haydon, Benjamin

Art is a reality, not a definition; inasmuch as it approaches a realit >>

There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all >>

Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting >>

Quotations about Portraits

It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious >>

The explanation of the propensity of the English people to portrait pa >>

When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear vol >>

The explanation of the propensity of the English people to portrait painting is to be found in their relish for a Fact. Let a man do the grandest things, fight the greatest battles, or be distinguished by the most brilliant personal heroism, yet the English people would prefer his portrait to a painting of the great deed. The likeness they can judge of; his existence is a Fact. But the truth of the picture of his deeds they cannot judge of, for they have no imagination.

Haydon, Benjamin