# The profanity of paint

Author: Kiddier, William, 1859-1934

Genre: Category: Art

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68241

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+profanity+of+paint+Kiddier&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

My view-point is the painter’s, the poet’s; ah, I am a romanticist! But my book is true. The romanticist finds truth without seeking it; it is before him, around him, and he gathers it all with the joy of the child that plucks the flowers in the fields. _Truth_ is not knowledge: it belongs to temperament; it is vision! The child and the romanticist love the beautiful, that is all: _truth_ is there!

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-profanity-of-paint-68241/chapters/1/index.md)