THE MIND OF THE ARTIST
 | THOUGHTS AND SAYINGS OF PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS ON THEIR ART COLLECTED & ARRANGED BY MRS. LAURENCE BINYON WITH A PREFACE BY GEORGE CLAUSEN, R.A. LONDON CHATTO & WINDUS 1909 All rights reserved |
PREFACE
It is always interesting and profitable to get the views of workmen ontheir work, and on the principles which guide them in it; and inbringing together these sayings of artists Mrs. Binyon has done a veryuseful thing. A great number of opinions are presented, which, in theirpoints of agreement and disagreement, bring before us in the mostcharming way the wide range of the artist's thought, and enable us torealise that the work of the great ones is not founded on vague capriceor so-called inspiration, but on sure intuitions which lead to definiteknowledge; not merely the necessary knowledge of the craftsman, whichmany have possesse