The subject may be of first importance to the artist when he starts a picture, but it should be of least importance in the finished product. The subject is of no aesthetic significance.
Be sensitive to your mistakes. Put it on the wall for a couple of weeks. It may be that you can learn more from the study of your own work than from … - John French Sloan
Be sensitive to your mistakes. Put it on the wall for a couple of weeks. It may be that you can learn more from the study of your own work than from …
- John French Sloan
Every good picture leaves the painter eager to start again, unsatisfied, inspired by the rich mine in which he is working, hoping for more energy, mo… - John French Sloan
Every good picture leaves the painter eager to start again, unsatisfied, inspired by the rich mine in which he is working, hoping for more energy, mo…
A good drawing has immense vitality because it is explanatory. In a good drawing even its faults have become virtues. - John French Sloan
A good drawing has immense vitality because it is explanatory. In a good drawing even its faults have become virtues.
Art is the response of the living to life. It is therefore the record left behind by civilization. - John French Sloan
Art is the response of the living to life. It is therefore the record left behind by civilization.
When you draw a crowd of people in a street or room or landscape, decide whether you want to say that the people dominate the place or that the place… - John French Sloan
When you draw a crowd of people in a street or room or landscape, decide whether you want to say that the people dominate the place or that the place…
Don't be afraid to borrow. The great men, the most original, borrowed from everybody. - John French Sloan
Don't be afraid to borrow. The great men, the most original, borrowed from everybody.
Art is the result of a creative impulse derived out of a consciousness of life. - John French Sloan
Art is the result of a creative impulse derived out of a consciousness of life.
Artists are the only people in the world who really live. The others have to hope for heaven. - John French Sloan
Artists are the only people in the world who really live. The others have to hope for heaven.
Color is like music. The palette is an instrument that can be orchestrated to build form. - John French Sloan
Color is like music. The palette is an instrument that can be orchestrated to build form.
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