"…the strongest part of a picture is the sensation and the feeling which it creates, this being done through the agenc…"

"…we might now formulate a maxim to the effect that art -- that is, in our case, pictorial representation --- employs …"

"…--- a view may include any number of interesting facts, may constitute a whole catalog of important and pretty items…"

"The composition may be ever so carefully worked out, but it must appear unconsciously done. And so it will be best in…"

"The desire to see for the sake of seeing is with most people the only desire to be gratified; hence the delight in de…"

"Hence SELECTION in photography, or at least in landscape and some other branches of work, often takes the place of wh…"

"If we are to select our subjects or arrange our groups with a pictorial motive we must absolutely and entirely sacrif…"

"The prettiest or most interesting prospect may lack the conditions which awaken our emotions, and, lacking the essent…"

"… to put it into slightly different form, it is not the facts in nature that the good picture aims at portraying, but…"

"In selecting our subject…there are two factors which it should be borne in mind are essential, and these are Expressi…"