Wilson's quarter century in photography : a collection of hints on practical photography which form a complete text-book of the art . ks and treatises upon art, but leteach study the works as well as the writings of other masters, and reap the advantagesto be drawn from imitating their examples. In union is strength, and the strengthcomes to each individual by the .union because each has access to all the knowledge pos- 10 146 Wilsons quartek century in photography. to select with taste from the great storehouse of natures beauties. It ifisometimes argued that fashion controls taste, but good
Wilson's quarter century in photography : a collection of hints on practical photography which form a complete text-book of the art . ks and treatises upon art, but leteach study the works as well as the writings of other masters, and reap the advantagesto be drawn from imitating their examples. In union is strength, and the strengthcomes to each individual by the .union because each has access to all the knowledge pos- 10 146 Wilsons quartek century in photography. to select with taste from the great storehouse of natures beauties. It ifisometimes argued that fashion controls taste, but good taste never findsanj obstacle in the most arbitrary dictates of fashion, because it is superiorto them/ Do not think, however, that taste despises all rules. The indolent photog-rapher, no matter how much of inherent talent he may have in matters oftaste, will find his vanity a poor prop to depend upon for judgment. Ifgenius alone discovers laws, surely she will not despise their value. Genius isnever lawless either in science or art. Yet she never obeys the letter but thespirit, which quickens to greatness of result. Fig. The Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties (Fig. 164), by WordsworthThompson, , supplies an apt illustration right here of how individualsvary in their tastes. sessed by those with whom he is united. No one person, however much of genius hemay possess, can arrive at any great degree of excellence independently of others. When the art was in its infancy, the power to make a likeness was thought to be some-thing wonderful, and the discoverer was justly regarded as a genius; but he would him-self be greatly astonished at the perfection to which his discovery has been brought atthe present time. Yet no one has gone very far at once. The first who gave the hintdid not know how to pursue it methodically. He worked as far as he was able, andothers availing themselves of his experience have pursued it further. In fact, our onlyroad to success is in imitati
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