The only legitimate artists in England are the architects.
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The longer a man lives in this world the more he must be convinced that all domestic quarrels had better never be obtruded on the public for, let the husband be right, or let him be wrong, there is always a sympathy existing for women which is certain to give the man the worst of it.Benjamin Haydon
This is an age of intellectual sauces, of essence, of distillation. We have conclusions without deductions, abridgments of history and abridgments of science without leading facts.
Benjamin Haydon
The great difficulty is first to win a reputation the next to keep it while you live and the next to preserve it after you die, when affection and interest are over, and nothing but sterling excellence can preserve your name.
Benjamin Haydon
Art is a reality, not a definition; inasmuch as it approaches a reality, it approaches perfection, and inasmuch as it approaches a mere definition, it is imperfect and untrue.
Benjamin Haydon
The explanation of the propensity of the English people to portrait painting is to be found in their relish for a Fact.
Benjamin Haydon
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