Benjamin West quotes
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“Remember, light and shadow never stand still.”
-- Benjamin WestSource : Benjamin West, Allen Staley, Baltimore Museum of Art (1989). “Benjamin West, American painter at the English Court: June 4-August 20, 1989”
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“A kiss from my mother made me a painter.”
-- Benjamin WestSource : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations". Compiled by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt and Kate Louise Roberts, 1922.
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“Is the painter a plagiarist because he sets his palette to nature?”
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“To recognize great talent, we must encourage dreamers.”
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Source : "Stars Rise at Startup Summer Camp" by Ryan Singel, www.wired.com. September 13, 2005.
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“Reflection is the lamp of the heart. If it departs, the heart will have no light.”
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“When the spirit shines, even foggy skies make pleasant light.”
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