 Nature contains the elements, in colour and form, of all pictures, as the keyboard contains the notes of all music. But the artist is born to pick, and choose, and group with science, these elements, that the result may be beautiful — as the musician...  Self Culture - Seite 3621899Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1912 - 216 Seiten
...Manchester arose in their might, and Art was relegated to the curiosity-shop. Page 178 WHISTLER " Nature contains the elements, in color and form, of all pictures, as the keyboard contains the notes of all music. • •••••••*• • " The artist is born to pick, and choose, and group with science... | |
 | Harriet Monroe - 1922 - 392 Seiten
..."Nature is very rarely right," thereby hammering down a truth with a paradox. But he also says: "Nature contains the elements, in color and form, of all pictures,...as the keyboard contains the notes of all music," elements from which "the artist is born to pick and choose, and group with science, that the result... | |
 | Royal Cortissoz - 1913 - 468 Seiten
...way to better others." Her leading principle in the pursuit of beauty is one of selection. "Nature contains the elements, in color and form, of all 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... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1913 - 1076 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Arthur Ransome - 1913 - 248 Seiten
...take care to hear also, from Whistler, more serious, that " Nature contains the elements, in colour and form, of all pictures, as the keyboard contains the notes of all music," and that the artist "in all that is dainty and lovable . . . finds hints for his own combinations,... | |
 | John Milton Berdan, John Richie Schultz, Hewette Elwell Joyce - 1915 - 480 Seiten
...their might — and Art was relegated to the curiosity shop. Nature contains the elements, in colour and form, of all pictures, as the keyboard contains...beautiful — as the musician gathers his notes, and forms his chords, until he bring forth from chaos glorious harmony. To say to the painter, that Nature is... | |
 | John Milton Berdan, John Richie Schultz, Hewette Elwell Joyce - 1915 - 472 Seiten
...their might — and Art was relegated to the curiosity shop. Nature contains the elements, in colour and form, of all pictures, as the keyboard contains...beautiful — as the musician gathers his notes, and forms his chords, until he bring forth from chaos glorious harmony. To say to the painter, that Nature is... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1916 - 510 Seiten
...and Manchester arose in their might, and Art was relegated to the curiosity-shop. *********** Nature contains the elements, in color and form, of all pictures, as the keyboard contains the notes of all music. *********** The artist is born to pick, and choose, and group with science these elements, that the... | |
 | Gertrude Richardson Brigham - 1917 - 310 Seiten
...Whistler explains this well, in the famous Ten o'Clock Lecture: "Nature contains the elements, in colour and form, of all pictures, as the keyboard contains...beautiful — as the musician gathers his notes, and forms his chords, until he bring forth from chaos glorious harmony." There is, indeed, an affinity between... | |
 | 1917 - 780 Seiten
...wrote, " contains the elements in colour and form of all pictures, as the keyboard contains the mystery of all music. But the artist is born to pick and choose...gathers his notes and forms chords until he brings from chaos glorious melodies." A wit and contemporary of Whistler sees yet further connection between... | |
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