...provides the elements of all structures, and the craftsman- — be he called engineer or architect — is born to pick and choose, and group with science, these elements, that the result may be useful — and not devoid of grace. The only valid excuse for such departures from the fit and rational...

...provides the elements of all structures, and the craftsman — be he called engineer or architect — is born to pick and choose, and group with science, these elements, that the result may be useful — and not devoid of grace. The only valid excuse for such departures from the fit and rational...

...And Birmingham and Manchester arose in their might — and Art was relegated to the curiosity shop. : Nature contains the elements, in colour and form,...contains the notes of all music. But the artist is bom to pick, and choose, and group with science, these elements, that the result may be beautiful —...

...Again, his theory of the artist's relation to nature is well deserving of attention; his theory that ' Nature contains the elements, in colour and form,...as the keyboard contains the notes of all music,' that ' the artist is born to pick and choose, and group with science these elements ; ' that ' in all...

...ship all Art." And Whistler, who contends that the artist should apply Nature to his purposes, says, "Nature contains the elements in colour and form of...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...

...And Birmingham and Manchester arose in their might — and Art was relegated to the curiosity shop. Nature contains the elements, in colour and form,...science, these elements, that the result may be beautiful — as the musician gathers his notes, and forms his chords, until he bring forth from chaos glorious...

...idea that nature is always beautiful, is the theme of his fine mockery. " Nature indeed," he writes, " contains the elements in colour and form of all pictures,...science these elements, that the result may be beautiful — as the musician gathers his notes, and forms chords, until he brings forth from chaos glorious...

...imitation, is the keynote of his art. As he has told us in a pamphlet on the subject : — ' Nature, indeed, contains the elements in colour and form of all pictures,...contains the notes of all music. But the artist is horn to pick and choose, and group with science these elements, that the result may be beautiful, as...

...theories ; the latter when even such a slight suggestion of subject was wanting. " Nature," he wrote, " contains the elements in colour and form of all pictures,...science these elements, that the result may be beautiful ... as the musician gathers his notes and forms chords, until he brings forth from chaos glorious harmony."...

...is rich enough to supply us all." Whistler writes: "Nature, indeed, contains the elements, in color and form, of all pictures, as the keyboard contains...these elements, that the result may be beautiful, as the musician gathers his notes and forms chords until he brings forth from chaos glorious harmony."...