We must copy nature always and learn to see it well. It is for that purpose that we need to study the antique and the masters, not to imitate them; what we need, as I repeat, is to learn to see.


The Art of Painting: From the baroque through postimpressionism (Hawthorn Books, 1964), p. 145

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Quotes

We must copy nature always and learn to see it well. It is for that purpose that we need to study the antique and the masters, not to imitate them;...

We must copy nature always and learn to see it well. It is for that purpose that we need to study the antique and the masters, not to imitate them;...

We must copy nature always and learn to see it well. It is for that purpose that we need to study the antique and the masters, not to imitate them;...

We must copy nature always and learn to see it well. It is for that purpose that we need to study the antique and the masters, not to imitate them;...