Some principles of every-day art: introductory chapters on the arts not fine (1890)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, Batsford · leaf 60
to represent all that is before them. Apainter makes up his mind what effect it is that hewishes to produce and sacrifices all else to that.So does the decorator But the sacrifices due fromhim to purpose, place, material, and fitness aregreater. He has not merely to choose between The Natiire of… … Cabinet panels, stopping short of li^ht and shade. faculty of selection. It is not so easy to strikea balance between beauty and use. Let any oneattempt, by the process of stopping short, toproduce a decorative work. Perhaps he will realise,after inevitable failure, that to reach the successthat…
Decoration and ornament
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