The Artist 



four walls ; but if he is a man of taste, he 

 is shut off from pleasure the moment he 

 crosses his threshold or looks from his win- 

 dow. 



Think of this, good architect, before you 

 begin your fair house, and plead the cause of 

 your brother artist. Think of it, good cli- 

 ent, before you decide just what kind of a 

 fair house you want, and do. not ask counsel 

 of your architect only. And when you have 

 secured your landscape-gardener as well as 

 your architect, do not obtrude too much of 

 your ignorance into the plans which their 

 skill may provide for you. Know what you 

 want and ask for that ; and then be content 

 with that and do not expect, when the 

 work is half done, that you can change its 

 character as easily as you can change your 

 mind — or as cheaply. Architectural work 

 and gardening work, if they are good, may 

 cost a great deal of money ; but the com- 

 plaints we so often hear with regard to their 

 price are frequently explained by the fact that 

 the client has tried to get first this thing and 

 then that, and both at the cost of one. 



Human nature has not changed much in 



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