I Can Recommend Nothing Better... Than That

I Can Recommend Nothing Better... Than That You Endeavor To Infuse Into Your Works What You Learn From The Contemplation Of The Works Of Others.

Those Who Are Not Conversant In Works Of Art Are Often Surprised At The High Value Set By Connoisseurs On Drawings Which Appear Careless, And In Every Respect Unfinished; But They Are Truly Valuable... They Give The Idea Of A Whole.

The Great Use Of Copying, If It Be At All Useful, Should Seem To Be In Learning Color; Yet Even Coloring Will Never Be Perfectly Attained By Servilely Copying The Model Before You.

If You Have Great Talents, Industry Will Improve Them: If You Have But Moderate Abilities, Industry Will Supply Their Deficiency.

Less Coin, Less Care.