By the envy, lying and slandering of the weak, the ignorant, and the vicious, shall you know you are succeeding, as well as by the sympathy and praise of the just, the generous, and the masters.
“Sharpness.”
When a critic has nothing to tell you save that your pictures are not sharp, be certain he is not very sharp and knows nothing at all about it.
Interiors.
Don’t be led away to photograph bourgeois furnished interiors, they are not worth the silver on the plate for the pleasure they will give when done.
Greatness.
The greater the work the simpler it looks and the easier it seems to do or to imitate, but it is not so.
Photographs as historical records.
Photographic pictures may have one merit which no other pictures can ever have, they can be relied upon as historical records.
Art at home.