Painting as a Pastime

human beings may be divided into three classes: those who are toiled to death, those who are worried to death, and those who are bored to death

‘Happy are the painters,’ he wrote, ‘for they never shall be lonely: light and colour; peace and hope will keep them company to the end—or almost to the end of the day.’ And these, happily, would prove to be prophetic words for him personally.