Famous Quotes & Sayings

Thomas Eakins Quotes & Sayings

Enjoy the top 14 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Thomas Eakins.

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Pinterest Share on Linkedin

Famous Quotes By Thomas Eakins

Thomas Eakins Quotes 959622

I once painted a concert singer and on the chestnut frame I carved the opening bars of Mendelssohn's Rest in the Lord. It was ornamental unobtrusive and to musicians I think it emphasized the expression of the face and pose of the figure. — Thomas Eakins

Thomas Eakins Quotes 1166863

I have never discovered that the nude could be studied in any way except the way I have adopted. All the muscles must be pointed out. To do this all the drapery must be removed. — Thomas Eakins

Thomas Eakins Quotes 1084414

When a man paints a naked woman he gives her less than poor Nature did. I can conceive of few circumstances wherein I would have to paint a woman naked, but if I did I would not mutilate her for double the money. She is the most beautiful thing there is except a naked man, but I never saw a study of one exhibited. — Thomas Eakins

Thomas Eakins Quotes 351185

No man, and least of all myself, could ever disentangle the feelings that animated him. — Thomas Eakins

Thomas Eakins Quotes 581246

The brush is a more powerful and rapid tool than the point or the stump ... the main thing that the brush secures is the instant grasp of the grand construction of a figure. — Thomas Eakins

Thomas Eakins Quotes 657497

My honors are misunderstanding, pesecution and neglect, enhanced because unsought. — Thomas Eakins

Thomas Eakins Quotes 677424

The big artist keeps an eye on nature and steals her tools. — Thomas Eakins

Thomas Eakins Quotes 826282

Enthusiasm for one's goal lessens the disagreeableness of working toward it. — Thomas Eakins

Thomas Eakins Quotes 944514

Strain your brain more than your eye. — Thomas Eakins

Thomas Eakins Quotes 968718

Of course, it is well to go abroad and see the works of the old masters, but Americans ... must strike out for themselves, and only by doing this will we create a great and distinctly American art. — Thomas Eakins

Thomas Eakins Quotes 1722842

In mathematics the complicated things are reduced to simple things. So it is in painting. — Thomas Eakins

Thomas Eakins Quotes 1844476

When you first commence painting everything is a muddle. Even the commonest colors seem to have the devil in them. — Thomas Eakins

Thomas Eakins Quotes 1958254

How beautiful an old woman's skin is! All those wrinkles! — Thomas Eakins

Thomas Eakins Quotes 2145567

A teacher can do very little for a pupil and should only be thankful if he don't hinder him, and the greater the master, mostly the less he can say. — Thomas Eakins