In the work of Seurat, you can see the dots of neutral colors carrying the form and then the dots of more… — John French Sloan Broken Copy Share Image
Drawing is the cornerstone of the graphic, plastic arts. Drawing is the coordination of line, tone, and color symbols into formations that… — John French Sloan Art Copy Share Image
Artists are the only people in the world who really live. The others have to hope for heaven. — John French Sloan Art Copy Share Image
Always think of drawing, getting the forms realized, emphasizing the design. — John French Sloan Design Copy Share Image
Since we have to speak well of the dead, let's knock them while they're alive. — John French Sloan Alive Copy Share Image
Art is the response of the living to life. It is therefore the record left behind by civilization. — John French Sloan Art Copy Share Image
A good drawing has immense vitality because it is explanatory. In a good drawing even its faults have become virtues. — John French Sloan Drawing Copy Share Image
Every good picture leaves the painter eager to start again, unsatisfied, inspired by the rich mine in which he is working, hoping… — John French Sloan Energy Copy Share Image
Most art students are generous till it comes to squeezing their colour on the palette... Many pictures haven't become works of art… — John French Sloan Art Copy Share Image
Think of drawing as a way of talking about the things that interest you. Think of those wonderful documents, drawings made on… — John French Sloan Documents Copy Share Image
A piece of drapery is like a necktie, hot stuff to paint, and one of the easiest things for a painter to… — John French Sloan Can do Copy Share Image
Art is the result of a creative impulse derived out of a consciousness of life. — John French Sloan Art Copy Share Image
Be sensitive to your mistakes. Put it on the wall for a couple of weeks. It may be that you can learn… — John French Sloan Couple Copy Share Image
Color is like music. The palette is an instrument that can be orchestrated to build form. — John French Sloan Color Copy Share Image
The great black and white draftsman, the sculptor, and the blind man know that form and color are separate. The form itself… — John French Sloan Black Copy Share Image
Draw with the brush. Carve the form. Don't be carried away by subtleties of modeling and nice pigmentation at the expense of… — John French Sloan Brushes Copy Share Image
Study the great brush drawings of the Chinese and Japanese... When we try to imitate their conventions for perspective, form and texture… — John French Sloan Ancient Copy Share Image
Draw places you have seen from memory. I used to paint things I had glimpsed through windows while riding in the elevated… — John French Sloan Draws Copy Share Image
Many great works of art have only form, the sculpture of the thing. Color as used to signify realization by men like… — John French Sloan Art Copy Share Image
I always think of shade as being full of light. That is why I like to use the word shade rather than… — John French Sloan Fall Copy Share Image
