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 ornamental unobtrusive …

- 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, mostly the less he can say.

- Thomas Eakins

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

- Thomas Eakins

Strain your brain more than your eye.

- 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 permitted myself to remain th…

- Thomas Eakins

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

- 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 pointed out. To do this all …

- Thomas Eakins

Of course, it is well to go abroad and see the works of the old masters, but Americans... must strike out for themselves, and only by doing this will…

- Thomas Eakins

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

- Thomas Eakins