William Morris Hunt
William Morris Hunt
William Morris Hunt, American painter, was born at Brattleboro, Vermont to Jane MariaHunt and Hon. Jonathan Hunt, who raised one of the preeminent families in American art. William Morris Hunt was the leading painter of mid-19th-century Boston, Massachusetts...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth31 March 1824
CountryUnited States of America
William Morris Hunt quotes about
drawing differences glasses
Compare constantly, lines and angles... Hold looking-glass before your model and your drawing. Take a second's glance only, and see if the impression be the same. If it be not, ask, 'What is the difference?
doubters painting conviction
How are we going to make painters by lecturing to them? We are going to make questioners, doubters, and talkers. We are going to make painters by painting ourselves, and by showing the paintings of others. By working frankly from our convictions, we are going to make them work frankly from theirs.