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As for etchings, they are of two kinds-British and foreign.
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Painting, he tells us, is 'of a different quality to mathematics,' and finish in art is 'adding more fact'!
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It is really impossible not to be touched by so charming a description.
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That there is a difference between colour and colours, that an artist, be he portrait painter or dramatist, always reveals himself in his manner, are ideas that can hardly be said to occur to him; but mr Quilter really does his best and bravely faces every difficulty in modern art, with the exception of mr Whistler.
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mr Quilter is entirely free from affectation of any kind.
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On the whole, the book will not do.
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Far from it.
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We fully admit that it is extremely amusing and, no doubt, mr Quilter is quite earnest in his endeavours to elevate art to the dignity of manual labour, but the extraordinary vulgarity of the style alone will always be sufficient to prevent these Sententiae Artis from being anything more than curiosities of literature. mr Quilter has missed his chance; for he has failed even to make himself the Tupper of Painting.
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By Harry Quilter, m a (Isbister.)
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