Animated Quote by Thomas Eakins

The big artist .. . keeps a sharp eye on Nature and steals her tools.

— Thomas Eakins

I once painted a concert singer and on the chestnut frame I carved the opening bars of Mendelssohn's Rest in the Lord. It was…

— Thomas Eakins

The brush is a more powerful and rapid tool than the point or the stump... the main thing that the brush secures is the…

— Thomas Eakins

When you first commence painting everything is a muddle. Even the commonest colors seem to have the devil in them.

— Thomas Eakins

Strain your brain more than your eye.

— Thomas Eakins

My honors are misunderstanding, pesecution and neglect, enhanced because unsought.

— Thomas Eakins

Enthusiasm for one's goal lessens the disagreeableness of working toward it.

— Thomas Eakins

I taught in the Academy from the opening of the schools until I was turned out, a period much longer than I should have…

— Thomas Eakins

A teacher can do very little for a pupil and should only be thankful if he don't hinder him, and the greater the master,…

— Thomas Eakins

I have never discovered that the nude could be studied in any way except the way I have adopted. All the muscles must be…

— Thomas Eakins

How beautiful an old woman's skin is! All those wrinkles!

— Thomas Eakins

Strain your brain more than your eye... You can copy a thing to a certain limit. Then you must use intellect.

— Thomas Eakins