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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