It is a common failing among practitioners of art to become accustomed to a way of coloring, as if things were bound to their manner, and not their manner bound to the nature of things. Many, however, because of a certain natural inclination, adopted manners of coloring that seemed ideally suited to that branch of art to which they were most inclined.


Introduction to the Academy of Painting, or the Visible World (1678)

Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten Quotes

It is a common failing among practitioners of art to become accustomed to a way of coloring, as if things were bound to their manner, and not their...

It is a common failing among practitioners of art to become accustomed to a way of coloring, as if things were bound to their manner, and not their...

It is a common failing among practitioners of art to become accustomed to a way of coloring, as if things were bound to their manner, and not their...

It is a common failing among practitioners of art to become accustomed to a way of coloring, as if things were bound to their manner, and not their...