The Artist on the Artist

achievement actually admired appears artist asks attempt beauty become beginning believe blue Browning c'est called century Chapter character claims colour complete composed contemporary course created dark dead death depicted described dream earlier effect expression eyes face fact fall feels figure finds given gives hand head holding human imagination included Italy landscape later leaves less letter light lines live looking means mind nature never novel offers once painter painting past Penguin perhaps picture play poem poet poetry portrait praise present reality refers romantic scene seems seen self-portrait sense shows sonnet standing story takes tells theme things thought translated turns verse wish writing written wrote young