Top 7 William Dobell Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “A sincere artist is not one who makes a faithful attempt to put on to canvas what is in front of him, but one who tries to create something which is, in itself, a living thing.”

— William Dobell

2. “Honing a thing down until you can still get through with economy, that’s power.”

— William Dobell

3. “I am always worried whether I am doing my best work.”

— William Dobell

4. “The real artist is striving to depict his subject’s character and to stress the caricature, but at least it is art which is alive.”

— William Dobell

5. “I paint as I want to with no holds barred. I am more contented lately than I have been for a long time about my work. But not dangerously so.”

— William Dobell

6. “So long as people expect paintings to be simply coloured photographs they get no individuality and, in the case of portraits, no characterisation.”

— William Dobell

7. “I never wanted to be commissioned to paint portraits. I like to choose my own subject and make a character study from it.”

— William Dobell

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