The Artist 



pecuniary sense. If, however, you cannot 

 decide upon what you want, hand over your 

 house or your grounds to a reputable artist, 

 name the sum you are wilhng to spend, and 

 let him manage as he sees best — in which 

 case you must not interfere at a later stage. 

 And, finally, if you refuse to follow either of 

 these modes of procedure, but give vague 

 directions in the beginning, or recklessly 

 change your mind from time to time, or in- 

 terfere when you have granted the artist a 

 free hand, do not grumble at the sum you 

 may eventually have to pay. 



Indeterminate orders and loose bargains 

 never result well as regards either product or 

 price, and it is the client's own fault if they 

 are made. If the orders are clear, and the 

 bargain hard and fast, and if then you are 

 asked for any important increase in price, 

 the law will protect you as it would in a 

 bargain of another sort. But it is instruc- 

 tive to remember that, in almost every case 

 where client and architect have recently 

 come into our courts, it is the architect 

 whose claim has been sustained. When 

 deaUng with an artist, many men, honorable 



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