beauty

photograph

photography

rhythm

style

occupation / innovator as

wood carver

innovator in the field of

art of painting

painter

nationality

Canadian

scientific organization

Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

is in the mind. It may be perceived in any scene by one with sympathy and understanding.

Beauty may be perceived in any scene by one with sympathy and understanding. Beauty is in the mind. (Walter J. Phillips)

is an unmitigated liar, not an exact presentment of nature.

many cherish the idea that a photograph is an exact presentment of nature, and accept without question the paradox that a photograph cannot lie. actually there never was a more unmitigated liar.

is always fibbing in part. It is not in the nature of lenses to tell the whole truth: they are instruments of exaggeration and belittlement.

it is not in the nature of lenses to tell the whole truth. they are instruments of exaggeration and belittlement.

is, in painting, as necessary in a picture as pigment... it is as much a part of painting as of music.

Rhythm is as necessary in a picture as pigment... it is as much a part of painting as of music. (Walter J. Phillips)

is instinctive. Few achieve it in a notable degree. Its development is not hastened by instruction. It comes or it doesn't. It will take care of itself.

Style is instinctive and few achieve it in a notable degree. Its development is not hastened by instruction. It comes or it doesn't. It will take care of itself. (Walter J. Phillips)

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