To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labour, is to say that it is incomplete and unfit for view.
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You should not say it is not good. You should say you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe.James Mcneill Whistler
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Well, not bad, but there are decidedly too many of them, and they are not very well arranged. I would have done it differently.
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