Sketching from nature is very like trying to put a pinch of salt on her tail. And yet many manage to do it very nicely. (Samuel Butler (novelist))

Sketching from nature is very like trying to put a pinch of salt on her tail. And yet many manage to do it very nicely.

Samuel Butler (novelist)

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