Albert Pinkham Ryder Quotes
- 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…
- 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…
- The artist should fear to become the slave of detail. He should strive to express his thought and not the surface of it. What avails…
- What avails a storm cloud accurate in form and color if the storm is not therein?
- 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 you…
- The new is not revealed to those whose eyse are fastened in worship upon the old.
- It is the first vision that counts. The artist has only to remain true to his dream and it will possess his work in such…
- The artist should strive to express his thought and not the surface of it.
- The artist should fear to become the slave of detail.
- The artist has only to remain true to his dream and it will possess his work in such a manner that it will resemble the…
- 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 one's…