William Hogarth famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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

#Judging #Painting #Found
I think it is owing to the good sense of the English that they have not painted better.
-- William Hogarth

#Art #Thinking #Owing
Simplicity, without variety, is wholly insipid.
-- William Hogarth

#Simplicity #Variety
Time is not a great artist but weakens all he touches.
-- William Hogarth

#Time #Artist #Great Art
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
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 #Lines
Straight lines vary only in length, and therefore are least ornamental.
-- William Hogarth

#Lines #Length #Vary
All the world is competent to judge my pictures except those who are of my profession.
-- William Hogarth

#Envy #Judging #World
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
I know no such thing as genius, â€” genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
-- William Hogarth

#Genius #Diligence #Labor

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