He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius: as he must needs paint for other minds, and not for his own.


Memoirs and Essays Ilustrative of Art, Literature and Social Morals (ed. 1846)


He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius: as he must needs paint for other minds, and not for his own.

He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius: as he must needs paint for other minds, and not for his own.

He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius: as he must needs paint for other minds, and not for his own.

He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius: as he must needs paint for other minds, and not for his own.