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x years of pleasurable labour, of devoted study, sustained by a sense of the [[strikethrough]] difficulty [[/strikethrough]] dignity and power of their Art, and the all-sufficient beauties of Nature, her boundless store, her inexhaustible variety, and her everlasting freshness." Library of the Fine Arts. X "If it was possible to discover a Manuscript of Van Eyck upon the preparation & application of Colours, there can be no doubt that the announcement of it would create a considerable degree of eagerness to possess such a treasure." Merimée [[strikethrough]] Could the experiments in which Reynolds failed, and those in which he succeeded, be collected & divulged, a considerable advantage must of consequence ensue; for good is the result compounded of the avoidance of error and the practice of right." [[/strikethrough]] Practical Treatise. "Colouring may be called the eloquence of Painting, - the animating principle which gives life & action to the fine thoughts of the Painter." Field. "It is the sunshine of the Art, that clothes poverty in smiles, & renders the prospect of barrenness itself agreable; while it heightens the interest & doubles the charms of beauty." Opie. X "If the earlier Authors have not afforded us more details as to the technical modes of the Art, it must be attributed to the various modifications which the process was liable to, from the moment it came into practical use, as it was known at first only to a small number of Artists who kept it to themselves; Others who were not acquainted with it, sought to find it out; and we must admit that they had much difficulty in this respect." Merimée. X "In all the Arts, if persons who have given themselves to research, had communicated to their fellows the particular modes of operation which had succeeded with them, the Arts would have been the Gainers: these auxiliary means do not confer talent, but they facilitate the labour of the Artist." Bouvier