Conventions Quote by Robert Henri

Don't wish for "secrets" of the masters, either. There are none worth fooling with. They had no special mediums or paints, nor special brushes…

— Richard Schmid

Family photos, pictures of groups, those are truely wonderful. And they are just as good as the old masters, just as rich and just…

— Gerhard Richter

Everything you write as an artist is about your legacy and your catalog and how you would look in a museum.

— Chance The Rapper

Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters.

— Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

It would be nice once during my life to go over [to Europe] and study the original paintings of the Masters.

— E. J. Hughes

“To write without any awareness of a tradition you are trying to become a part of would be self-defeating. Every artist alive responds to…

— Dorianne Laux

To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.

— Thomas A. Edison

Every master knows that the material teaches the artist.

— Ilya Ehrenburg

I wanted my style to be very recognizable.

— Robert Barry

Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters.

— Jean Toomer

Your kids might feel more apt to try some art of their own after viewing contemporary works that are far less intimidating than those…

— Lynda Resnick

The art of a master is the art of craft

— Anonymous