--- title: "4 Jack Butler Yeats Quotes - Famous Painter (Jack B. Yeats)" description: "Jack Butler Yeats RHA was an Irish artist. Born into a family of impoverished Anglo-Irish landholders, his father was the painter John Butler Yeats, and..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b083/author-jack-butler-yeats-70082.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Jack Butler Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b083/author-jack-butler-yeats-70082.jpg) # Jack Butler Yeats (1871–1957) Painter United Kingdom **4** quotes in **34** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jack Butler Yeats was a painter from the United Kingdom, best known for *Jack B. Yeats*. ## Quick Facts About Jack Butler Yeats Born August 29, 1871 Died March 28, 1957 Nationality United Kingdom Profession Painter Notable works Jack B. Yeats Known for Men of Destiny Spouse Mary Cottenham White ## About Jack Butler Yeats Jack Butler Yeats RHA was an Irish artist. Born into a family of impoverished Anglo-Irish landholders, his father was the painter John Butler Yeats, and his brother was the poet W. B. Yeats. Jack B. was born in London but was raised in County Sligo with his maternal grandparents, before returning to London in 1887 to live with his parents. Afterwards he travelled frequently between the two countries; while in Ireland he lived mainly in Greystones, County Wicklow and in Dublin city. ## Quotes by Jack Butler Yeats > [Always when I see a man fond of praise I always think it is because he is an affectionate man craving for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-butler-yeats/always-when-i-see-a-man-fond-of-praise-i-always-think-it-is-because/) [Jack Butler Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-butler-yeats/) [Affection](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affection/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/525/jack-butler-yeats-70082_affection_always-when-i-see-a-man-fond-of-praise-i_120029.png) > [If the rose puzzled its mind over the question how it grew, it would not have been the miracle that it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-butler-yeats/if-the-rose-puzzled-its-mind-over-the-question-how-it-grew-it-would/) [Jack Butler Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-butler-yeats/) [Flower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flower/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/jack-butler-yeats-70082_flower_if-the-rose-puzzled-its-mind-over-the-qu_1468590.png) > [Never trust a sentimentalist. They are all alike, pretenders to virtue, at heart selfish frauds and sensualists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-butler-yeats/never-trust-a-sentimentalist-they-are-all-alike-pretenders-to-virtue/) [Jack Butler Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-butler-yeats/) [Fraud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fraud/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27b/jack-butler-yeats-70082_fraud_never-trust-a-sentimentalist-they-are-al_1517727.png) > [The Americans never walk. In winter too cold and in summer too hot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-butler-yeats/the-americans-never-walk-in-winter-too-cold-and-in-summer-too-hot/) [Jack Butler Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-butler-yeats/) [America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/jack-butler-yeats-70082_america_the-americans-never-walk-in-winter-too-c_2152328.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-butler-yeats/#itemlist", "name": "Jack Butler Yeats Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Always when I see a man fond of praise I always think it is because he is an affectionate man craving for affection", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jack Butler Yeats" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-butler-yeats/always-when-i-see-a-man-fond-of-praise-i-always-think-it-is-because/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/525/jack-butler-yeats-70082_affection_always-when-i-see-a-man-fond-of-praise-i_120029.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/525/jack-butler-yeats-70082_affection_always-when-i-see-a-man-fond-of-praise-i_120029.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/525/jack-butler-yeats-70082_affection_always-when-i-see-a-man-fond-of-praise-i_120029.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Always when I see a man fond of praise I always think it is because he is an affectionate man craving for…” — Jack Butler Yeats", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If the rose puzzled its mind over the question how it grew, it would not have been the miracle that it is.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jack Butler Yeats" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-butler-yeats/if-the-rose-puzzled-its-mind-over-the-question-how-it-grew-it-would/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/jack-butler-yeats-70082_flower_if-the-rose-puzzled-its-mind-over-the-qu_1468590.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/jack-butler-yeats-70082_flower_if-the-rose-puzzled-its-mind-over-the-qu_1468590.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/jack-butler-yeats-70082_flower_if-the-rose-puzzled-its-mind-over-the-qu_1468590.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If the rose puzzled its mind over the question how it grew, it would not have been the miracle that it is.” — Jack Butler Yeats", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Never trust a sentimentalist. They are all alike, pretenders to virtue, at heart selfish frauds and sensualists.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jack Butler Yeats" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-butler-yeats/never-trust-a-sentimentalist-they-are-all-alike-pretenders-to-virtue/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27b/jack-butler-yeats-70082_fraud_never-trust-a-sentimentalist-they-are-al_1517727.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27b/jack-butler-yeats-70082_fraud_never-trust-a-sentimentalist-they-are-al_1517727.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27b/jack-butler-yeats-70082_fraud_never-trust-a-sentimentalist-they-are-al_1517727.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Never trust a sentimentalist. They are all alike, pretenders to virtue, at heart selfish frauds and…” — Jack Butler Yeats", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Americans never walk. In winter too cold and in summer too hot.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jack Butler Yeats" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-butler-yeats/the-americans-never-walk-in-winter-too-cold-and-in-summer-too-hot/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/jack-butler-yeats-70082_america_the-americans-never-walk-in-winter-too-c_2152328.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/jack-butler-yeats-70082_america_the-americans-never-walk-in-winter-too-c_2152328.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/jack-butler-yeats-70082_america_the-americans-never-walk-in-winter-too-c_2152328.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Americans never walk. In winter too cold and in summer too hot.” — Jack Butler Yeats", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-butler-yeats/#person", "name": "Jack Butler Yeats", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-butler-yeats/", "image": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b083/author-jack-butler-yeats-70082.jpg" }, { "@type": "ProfilePage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-butler-yeats/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-butler-yeats/", "name": "Jack Butler Yeats", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-butler-yeats/#person" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/525/jack-butler-yeats-70082_affection_always-when-i-see-a-man-fond-of-praise-i_120029.png" }, "description": "Jack Butler Yeats RHA was an Irish artist. Born into a family of impoverished Anglo-Irish landholders, his father was the painter John Butler Yeats, and...", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-butler-yeats/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-butler-yeats/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Authors", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/authors/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Jack Butler Yeats", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-butler-yeats/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```