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> [Art is the result of a creative impulse derived out of a consciousness of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-french-sloan/art-is-the-result-of-a-creative-impulse-derived-out-of-a/)

[John French Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-french-sloan/)

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## More by John French Sloan

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-french-sloan/painting-is-drawing-with-the-additional-means-of-color-painting/)

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> [The purpose of subject matter is to veil technique. The great artist uses the cloak of resemblance to hide the means.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-french-sloan/the-purpose-of-subject-matter-is-to-veil-technique-the-great-artist/)

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> [You can be a giant among artists without ever attaining any great skill. Facility is a dangerous thing. When there is too much technical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-french-sloan/you-can-be-a-giant-among-artists-without-ever-attaining-any-great/)

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> [Be sensitive to the qualities inherent in the medium. Paint honestly and avoid tricks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-french-sloan/be-sensitive-to-the-qualities-inherent-in-the-medium-paint-honestly/)

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> [Assimilate all you can from tradition and then say things in your own way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-french-sloan/assimilate-all-you-can-from-tradition-and-then-say-things-in-your-own/)

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> [Don't be afraid to borrow. The great men, the most original, borrowed from everybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-french-sloan/don-t-be-afraid-to-borrow-the-great-men-the-most-original-borrowed/)

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> [When painting a landscape it is desirable to walk through the clumps and around the bushes, around the trees, the houses and the rocks.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-french-sloan/when-painting-a-landscape-it-is-desirable-to-walk-through-the-clumps/)

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> [...in the habit of watching every bit of human life I can see about my windows, but I do it so that I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-french-sloan/in-the-habit-of-watching-every-bit-of-human-life-i-can-see-about-my/)

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> [The subject may be of first importance to the artist when he starts a picture, but it should be of least importance in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-french-sloan/the-subject-may-be-of-first-importance-to-the-artist-when-he-starts-a/)

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> [When you draw a crowd of people in a street or room or landscape, decide whether you want to say that the people dominate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-french-sloan/when-you-draw-a-crowd-of-people-in-a-street-or-room-or-landscape/)

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> [To play your colors by eye is worse than playing the piano by ear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-french-sloan/to-play-your-colors-by-eye-is-worse-than-playing-the-piano-by-ear/)

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> [The important thing is to keep on drawing when you start to paint. Never graduate from drawing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-french-sloan/the-important-thing-is-to-keep-on-drawing-when-you-start-to-paint/)

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> [There is a better chance of getting an exciting painting from a laboured study with texture than from a fine drawing without it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-french-sloan/there-is-a-better-chance-of-getting-an-exciting-painting-from-a/)

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> [Don't be stingy with your paint, it isn't worth it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-french-sloan/don-t-be-stingy-with-your-paint-it-isn-t-worth-it/)

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> [The artist does not see both eyes alike. There is always 'the eye' and the other eye... It adds life and plasticity to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-french-sloan/the-artist-does-not-see-both-eyes-alike-there-is-always-the-eye-and/)

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