Quotes from Harold Speed

For colour is one of the most rapturous truths that can be revealed to man.

every obstacle should at first be put in the way of the aspiring artist, as it is only those you cannot discourage who are worth encouraging.

Art is the expression of the invisible by means of the visible

Every face has expression of a far more interesting and enduring kind than these momentary disturbances of its form occasioned by laughter or some passing thought, &c. And it must never be forgotten that a portrait is a panel painted to remain for centuries without movement. So that a large amount of the quality of repose must enter into its composition.

The study, therefore, of the representation of visible nature and of the powers of expression possessed by form and colour is the object of the painter's training.