e scene before him its very heart, to seize theessential—the elemental. This was something more than the mere resultof his method of work, which was to take quicksketches on the spot with memoranda of colour,letting the painting of the picture go for months,and sometimes years. It was something… … strong individuality. Nor was it attained by a con-scious struggle, by the deliberate weighing of every-thing that was before him, rather it was his way ofseemg things. As we cannot conceive of a bigcharacter harbouring small thoughts, so we cannotconceive of a painter with a big vision being…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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