If there be any defect in the picture it is usually a defect of execution, not of conception.
Orange Jacobs: “If there be any defect in the picture it is usually a defect of execution, not of conception.”
Editor's note · Context
This quote suggests that flaws in art are often due to execution rather than the original idea, emphasizing the importance of conception in artistic creation.
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