 | Theodore L. Flood, Frank Chapin Bray - 1908 - 490 pages
...notes, and forms his chords, until he bring forth from chaos glorious harmony. To say to the painter, that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player, that he may sit on the piano. That Nature is always right, is an assertion, artistically, as untrue, at it is one whose truth is... | |
 | 1910 - 524 pages
...notes and forms his chords, until he brings forth from chaos glorious harmony. To say to the painter, that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player, that he may sit on the piano." It is in this re-arrangement and refinement upon Nature, that Whistler's art becomes an exquisite music,... | |
 | 1911 - 754 pages
...nature. Nature is to be used, but not to be imitated. As Whistler wrote in the " Ten O'clock," " To say that nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano." The content of pictures, then, being abstracted from nature for the purpose of portrayal with technical... | |
 | John Joseph Conway - 1912 - 446 pages
...it sums up his principles and practice as portrait-painter. " The first is : 'To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as She is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano.' Never was the difference between Nature and Art at once so sharply and so amusingly drawn. Nature is... | |
 | Denman Waldo Ross - 1912 - 240 pages
...notes and forms his chords, until he brings forth from chaos glorious harmony. To say to the painter that nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano." * II. THE MODE OF OUTLINES AND FLAT TONES Having drawn any object, following the eye or the suggestions... | |
 | Royal Cortissoz - 1913 - 468 pages
...and form, of all pictures, as the keyboard contains the notes of all music. ... To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player, that he may sit on the piano." In aphorisms like these Whistler threw light on his own work, and restated elements in the broad philosophy... | |
 | Henry Rankin Poore - 1913 - 286 pages
...who declares himself an Impressionist, and M. Monet come into sharp conflict. "To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may expect music by sitting on the piano. That Nature is always right is an assertion artistically as untrue... | |
 | John Milton Berdan, John Richie Schultz, Hewette Elwell Joyce - 1915 - 482 pages
...notes, and forms his chords, until he bring forth from chaos glorious harmony. To say to the painter, that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player, that he may sit on the piano. That Nature is always right, is an assertion, artistically, as untrue, as it is one whose truth is... | |
 | John Milton Berdan, John Richie Schultz, Hewette Elwell Joyce - 1915 - 480 pages
...notes, and forms his chords, until he bring forth from chaos glorious harmony. To say to the painter, that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player, that he may sit on the piano. That Nature is always right, is an assertion, artistically, as untrue, as it is one whose truth is... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1916 - 510 pages
...notes, and forms his chords, until he bring forth from chaos glorious harmony. To say to the painter, that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player, that he may sit on the piano. That Nature is always right, is an assertion, artistically, as untrue, as it is one whose truth is... | |
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To say to the painter, that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player, that he may sit on the piano. 
