Imitation is not inspiration, and inspiration only can give birth to a work of art. The least of man's original emanation is better than the best of borrowed thought. — Albert Pinkham Ryder Copy Share Image
The artist needs but a roof, a crust of bread, and his easel, and all the rest God gives him in abundance. He must live to paint and not paint to live. — Albert Pinkham Ryder Copy Share Image
The artist should fear to become the slave of detail. He should strive to express his thought and not the surface of it. What… — Albert Pinkham Ryder Copy Share Image
It is the first vision that counts. The artist has only to remain true to his dream and it will possess his work in… — Albert Pinkham Ryder Copy Share Image
A rain-tight roof, frugal living, a box of colors, and God's sunlight through clear windows keep the soul attuned and the body vigorous for… — Albert Pinkham Ryder Copy Share Image
The new is not revealed to those whose eyse are fastened in worship upon the old. — Albert Pinkham Ryder Copy Share Image
Modern art must strike out from the old. The new is not revealed to those whose eyes are fastened in worship upon the old…Have… — Albert Pinkham Ryder Copy Share Image
Who hath seen the Phantom Ship, Her lordly rise and lowly dip, Careering o'er the lonesome main, No port shall know her keel again...… — Albert Pinkham Ryder Copy Share Image
Imitation is not inspiration, and inspiration only can give birth to a work of art. The least of man's original emanation is better than… — Albert Pinkham Ryder Copy Share Image
The artist should strive to express his thought and not the surface of it. — Albert Pinkham Ryder Copy Share Image
What avails a storm cloud accurate in form and color if the storm is not therein? — Albert Pinkham Ryder Copy Share Image
The artist has only to remain true to his dream and it will possess his work in such a manner that it will resemble… — Albert Pinkham Ryder Copy Share Image
The new is not revealed to those whose eyes are fastened in worship upon the old. — Albert Pinkham Ryder Copy Share Image
