Comments on: Painting as a Pastime by Winston Churchill http://mightygirl.com/2011/01/31/painting-as-a-pastime-by-winston-churchill/ Famous Among Dozens Tue, 21 May 2013 15:53:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Leendert http://mightygirl.com/2011/01/31/painting-as-a-pastime-by-winston-churchill/#comment-1220988 Leendert Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:12:28 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/?p=13970#comment-1220988 a favorite. one of life's great lessons is from this: if you can't reasonably expect to become the best at something, that's not a reason for not doing it and perhaps the most enjoyable passage for me: 'so very gingerly i mixed a little blue paint on the palette with a very small brush [this is The Churchill, unbelievably, describing his first attempt], and then with infinite precaution made a mark about as big as a bean ... at that moment .. a motor-car was heard in the drive ... stepped swiftly .... the gifted wife of ... 'painting, but what are you hesitating about? let me have a brush - the big one' ... the canvas grinned in helplessness before me. the spell was broken.' a favorite.

one of life’s great lessons is from this: if you can’t reasonably expect to become the best at something, that’s not a reason for not doing it

and perhaps the most enjoyable passage for me:

‘so very gingerly i mixed a little blue paint on the palette with a very small brush [this is The Churchill, unbelievably, describing his first attempt], and then with infinite precaution made a mark about as big as a bean … at that moment .. a motor-car was heard in the drive … stepped swiftly …. the gifted wife of … ‘painting, but what are you hesitating about? let me have a brush – the big one’ … the canvas grinned in helplessness before me. the spell was broken.’

]]> By: Alison http://mightygirl.com/2011/01/31/painting-as-a-pastime-by-winston-churchill/#comment-1220941 Alison Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:51:31 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/?p=13970#comment-1220941 How horribly one-tracked am I that I read that as "Parenting as a Pastime" and spent the next ten minutes trying to figure out what the hell ol' WC was talking about with regard to raising a child...though I do now plan to refrain from giving my 2 yo classic novels until he's at least 15. How horribly one-tracked am I that I read that as “Parenting as a Pastime” and spent the next ten minutes trying to figure out what the hell ol’ WC was talking about with regard to raising a child…though I do now plan to refrain from giving my 2 yo classic novels until he’s at least 15.

]]> By: Dalton http://mightygirl.com/2011/01/31/painting-as-a-pastime-by-winston-churchill/#comment-1220878 Dalton Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:47:11 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/?p=13970#comment-1220878 hello there, superb blog, and an excellent understand! just one for my bookmarks. hello there, superb blog, and an excellent understand! just one for my bookmarks.

]]> By: Stuart Finlay http://mightygirl.com/2011/01/31/painting-as-a-pastime-by-winston-churchill/#comment-1220850 Stuart Finlay Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:44:49 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/?p=13970#comment-1220850 I bought a friend of mine Painting as a Pastime a couple of years ago for Xmas a decent copy 1948 print, it cost about £12 on Amazon Uk. I will have to tell him to take good care of it. I bought a friend of mine Painting as a Pastime a couple of years ago for Xmas a decent copy 1948 print, it cost about £12 on Amazon Uk. I will have to tell him to take good care of it.

]]> By: mp http://mightygirl.com/2011/01/31/painting-as-a-pastime-by-winston-churchill/#comment-1220829 mp Tue, 01 Feb 2011 03:16:13 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/?p=13970#comment-1220829 haha noted :) haha noted :)

]]> By: sugarleg http://mightygirl.com/2011/01/31/painting-as-a-pastime-by-winston-churchill/#comment-1220827 sugarleg Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:27:06 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/?p=13970#comment-1220827 the second quote. still cannot get through "The Grapes of Wrath" due to seething hatred of it as a sophomore in HS. sorry Steinbeck. the second quote. still cannot get through “The Grapes of Wrath” due to seething hatred of it as a sophomore in HS. sorry Steinbeck.

]]> By: Eithne http://mightygirl.com/2011/01/31/painting-as-a-pastime-by-winston-churchill/#comment-1220820 Eithne Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:39:39 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/?p=13970#comment-1220820 He talks about 'taking down book after book from the shelves' but neglects to mention his own habit of putting a stuffed toy in his bookshelves to mark the place of a book he'd taken. This is my favourite fact ever about Churchill, a man of many and diverse interests, to be sure: politics, painting, stuffed bunnies ... Thanks for posting - this book is definitely going on my 'want' list. He talks about ‘taking down book after book from the shelves’ but neglects to mention his own habit of putting a stuffed toy in his bookshelves to mark the place of a book he’d taken. This is my favourite fact ever about Churchill, a man of many and diverse interests, to be sure: politics, painting, stuffed bunnies … Thanks for posting – this book is definitely going on my ‘want’ list.

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