1.   Abstract painting did have an equivalent in sculpture but it was largely unsuccessful.

2.   History paintings had to be grand and didactic, with subjects drawn from the Bible, classical mythology and history.

3.   If temperament had not existed, all paintings would have of necessity to be simple photographs.

4.   The painting had an indecipherable signature in the corner.

5.   The paintings have no intrinsic value except as curiosities.

6.   Her paintings have a naive, dreamlike quality.

7.   His paintings have had a profound effect on her own work.

8.   These paintings have a special place in my affections, because one of them was reproduced on the cover of my first book.

9.   Students studying art criticism as Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology say the paintings have no merit, show no talent and are worthless.

10.   If the paintings do have a value, it may only be for what they have to teach criminal psychologists.