Re: "Again and again experience has proved that the more deeply versed an artist is in drawing, the less he is able to paint portraits." (Giovanni Battista Armenini)

[Michael Brady]

On Jun 13, 2010, at 11:23 AM, William Conger wrote:

> I think the comment really says that the best artists can't waste time doing
portraits.

That's how I read it. Kind of a precursor of the hierarchy of genres.