<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=568297" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Painter's Life</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I do not envy painter's life<br>Of turpentine and palette knife<br>Forever waiting for the hand<br>That rests upon depression's stand</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I do not envy gessoed sheets<br>Awaiting brushstrokes soon to meet<br>Yet when the work is almost done<br>Ripped up, unseen by anyone</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I do not envy hopeless hours<br>Expecting inspiration's powers<br>To seize and lift a dull malaise<br>And turn a lifeless work ablaze</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I do not envy people's awe<br>Appreciation's loud hurrah<br>When masterpieces are displayed<br>The costs the painter for them paid</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There is a price for gifts bestowed<br>None yet has walked the royal road<br>For each must very dearly pay<br>To use them or he'll surely stray</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I do not envy painter's life<br>Of turpentine and palette knife<br>Forever waiting for the hand<br>That rests upon depression's stand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Liilia+Talts+Morrison">Liilia Talts Morrison</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=568297" data-title="Painter's Life de Liilia Talts Morrison" data-description="I do not envy painter's life Of turpentine and palette knife Forever waiting for the hand That rests upon depression's stand I do not envy gessoed sheets Awaiting brushstrokes soon to meet Yet when the work is almost done Ripped up, unseen by any..."></div> </div> </div>

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