Adherence Quote by Christian Nestell Bovee

“Art school is a small island of acceptance in a vast sea of disinterest.”

— Ted Orland

Art is not to be taught in Academies. It is what one looks at, not what one listens to, that makes the artist. The…

— Oscar Wilde

“The process of learning an art can be divided conveniently into two parts: one, the mastery of the theory; the other, the mastery of…

— Erich Fromm

“It is not possible to have schools for painting; there are only painters. Schools have no use except for discerning the analytic procedures of…

— Gustave Courbet

My own view is that the arts are neither superior nor inferior to anything else that goes on in schools.

— Michael Rosen

A natural talent is required; for, when Nature opposes, everything else is in vain; but when Nature leads the way to what is most…

— Hippocrates

My objective in teaching my pupils is that they should be fitted for any kind of art.

— Howard Pyle

“In a universe where all life is in movement, where ever fact seen in perspective is totally engaging, we impose stillness on lively young…

— Marjorie Spock

In contemporary art culture, where good looks and clever strategic planning of art careers have become a feature, professional practice may be taught in…

— Michael Leunig

Art is the child of Nature.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education never first;…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“This kind of art school is for me the least important. A spiritual structure is needed. If a person is an artist he can…

— Anonymous