Meissonier, his life and his art . st 196 MEISSONIKK as 110 woman who gives herself up to her dressmaker instead ofdirectinti^ her, will ever be well dressed. Every oUl study brings back to us artists the happy state of feelingwe were in when it was made. As I work on this jMcture I think ofyou. We are both in it under other forms. Journeys are only goodfor people who rush aboutto kill time, or for writersand poets who make useof what they see as theypass by. Lamartine, theysay, used to compose hisverses on horseback. Butno painter could travelwithout halting here andthere. How can an)- realwo
Meissonier, his life and his art . st 196 MEISSONIKK as 110 woman who gives herself up to her dressmaker instead ofdirectinti^ her, will ever be well dressed. Every oUl study brings back to us artists the happy state of feelingwe were in when it was made. As I work on this jMcture I think ofyou. We are both in it under other forms. Journeys are only goodfor people who rush aboutto kill time, or for writersand poets who make useof what they see as theypass by. Lamartine, theysay, used to compose hisverses on horseback. Butno painter could travelwithout halting here andthere. How can an)- realwork be accomplished un-less the mind can restsomewhere in peace ? Every man has his ownspecial process of work, butnone of us should set lightly about painting a picture without havingpondered it well, without having gathered every information con-cerning the chosen subject which may facilitate its composition, andcollected every material accessory necessary to its execution, mourningthe while over his shortcomings in each THE PAINTER. (Sketch.) M. . was showing me his work one; day. It was aSamson, a giant, moodilv seated beside his millstone;. Two timid ART 197 Philistines, standing aloof, were stirring him with the end of a rod. You must see, said V^
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