In mathematics the complicated things are reduced to simple things. So it is in painting. — Thomas Eakins Copy Share Image
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… — Thomas Eakins Copy Share
The brush is a more powerful and rapid tool than the point or the stump... the main thing that the brush secures is the… — Thomas Eakins Copy Share
When you first commence painting everything is a muddle. Even the commonest colors seem to have the devil in them. — Thomas Eakins Copy Share
My honors are misunderstanding, pesecution and neglect, enhanced because unsought. — Thomas Eakins Copy Share
Enthusiasm for one's goal lessens the disagreeableness of working toward it. — Thomas Eakins Copy Share
No man, and least of all myself, could ever disentangle the feelings that animated him. — Thomas Eakins Copy Share
I taught in the Academy from the opening of the schools until I was turned out, a period much longer than I should have… — Thomas Eakins Copy Share
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,… — Thomas Eakins Copy Share
I have never discovered that the nude could be studied in any way except the way I have adopted. All the muscles must be… — Thomas Eakins Copy Share
Strain your brain more than your eye... You can copy a thing to a certain limit. Then you must use intellect. — Thomas Eakins Copy Share
Of course, it is well to go abroad and see the works of the old masters, but Americans... must strike out for themselves, and… — Thomas Eakins Copy Share
When a man paints a naked woman he gives her less than poor Nature did. I can conceive of few circumstances wherein I would… — Thomas Eakins Copy Share
