In the hands of a master, light and shade is one of the great qualities of art. — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
Art is the result of a creative impulse derived out of a consciousness of life. — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
Drawing is the cornerstone of the graphic, plastic arts. Drawing is the coordination of line, tone, and color symbols into formations that… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
A good drawing has immense vitality because it is explanatory. In a good drawing even its faults have become virtues. — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
The purpose of subject matter is to veil technique. The great artist uses the cloak of resemblance to hide the means. — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
Be sensitive to the qualities inherent in the medium. Paint honestly and avoid tricks. — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
There is a better chance of getting an exciting painting from a laboured study with texture than from a fine drawing without… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
Art is the response of the living to life. It is therefore the record left behind by civilization. — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
Artists are the only people in the world who really live. The others have to hope for heaven. — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
Draw with the brush. Carve the form. Don't be carried away by subtleties of modeling and nice pigmentation at the expense of… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
The artist does not see both eyes alike. There is always 'the eye' and the other eye... It adds life and plasticity… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
The emphasis on original, individual work in the past years has done a great deal to produce a crop of eccentric fakes… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
Every good picture leaves the painter eager to start again, unsatisfied, inspired by the rich mine in which he is working, hoping… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
Think of drawing as a way of talking about the things that interest you. Think of those wonderful documents, drawings made on… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
When painting a landscape it is desirable to walk through the clumps and around the bushes, around the trees, the houses and… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
Most art students are generous till it comes to squeezing their colour on the palette... Many pictures haven't become works of art… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
Painting is drawing, with the additional means of color. Painting without drawing is just 'coloriness,' color excitement. To think of color for… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
Study the great brush drawings of the Chinese and Japanese... When we try to imitate their conventions for perspective, form and texture… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
Draw places you have seen from memory. I used to paint things I had glimpsed through windows while riding in the elevated… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
The important thing is to keep on drawing when you start to paint. Never graduate from drawing. — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
The subject may be of first importance to the artist when he starts a picture, but it should be of least importance… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
You can be a giant among artists without ever attaining any great skill. Facility is a dangerous thing. When there is too… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
Painting is drawing, with the additional means of color. Painting without drawing is just 'coloriness,' color excitement. To think of color for color's sake… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
The purpose of subject matter is to veil technique. The great artist uses the cloak of resemblance to hide the means. — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
You can be a giant among artists without ever attaining any great skill. Facility is a dangerous thing. When there is too much technical… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
Be sensitive to the qualities inherent in the medium. Paint honestly and avoid tricks. — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
Assimilate all you can from tradition and then say things in your own way. — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid to borrow. The great men, the most original, borrowed from everybody. — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
When painting a landscape it is desirable to walk through the clumps and around the bushes, around the trees, the houses and the rocks.… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
...in the habit of watching every bit of human life I can see about my windows, but I do it so that I am… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
The subject may be of first importance to the artist when he starts a picture, but it should be of least importance in the… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
When you draw a crowd of people in a street or room or landscape, decide whether you want to say that the people dominate… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
To play your colors by eye is worse than playing the piano by ear. — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
The important thing is to keep on drawing when you start to paint. Never graduate from drawing. — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
