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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The big artist .. . keeps a sharp eye on Nature and steals her tools. — 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 Image
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 Image
When you first commence painting everything is a muddle. Even the commonest colors seem to have the devil in them. — Thomas Eakins Copy Share Image
My honors are misunderstanding, pesecution and neglect, enhanced because unsought. — Thomas Eakins Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm for one's goal lessens the disagreeableness of working toward it. — Thomas Eakins Copy Share Image
No man, and least of all myself, could ever disentangle the feelings that animated him. — Thomas Eakins Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
