Goodyear, William H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Meadville, Pa. : Flood and Vincent · leaf 289
The mercantileelement ruins a painting. The instant we detect in it thequality of being made to sell as opposed to the qualitywhich shows that the artist would rather starve than concedeone point of his convictions or even of his own individual 284 Renaissance and Modern Art. preference in the… … Fig. 186.—Labor, by J. F. Millet. to observe that what has been said is not only an effort toexplain its greatness, but also to bring to the front thenumerous artists of our own country who are following thesame path. Personal character is the only ultimate deter-minant in art. The facility of the…
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