Howard Pyle quotes

Will you come with me, sweet Reader? I thank you. Give me your hand. (Howard Pyle)
So passed the seasons then, so they pass now, and so they will pass in time to come, while we come and go like leaves of the tree that fall and are soon forgotten. View quote
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Throw your heart into the picture and then jump in after it. View quote
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He who jumps for the moon and gets it not leaps higher than he who stoops for a penny in the mud. View quote
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I put on my dream-cap one day and stepped into Wonderland. View quote
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An I must drink sour ale, I must, but never have I yielded me to man before, and that without wound or mark upon my body. Nor, when I bethink me, will I yield now. View quote
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The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression, and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cast out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived. View quote
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Art is the expression of those beauties and emotions that stir the human soul. View quote
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Project your mind into your subject until you actually live in it. View quote
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Young people, don't get the idea that you have an artistic temperament which must be humored. Don't believe you cannot do good work unless you feel in tile mood for it. That is all nonsense. I frequently have to force myself to make a start in the morning; but after a short while I find I can work. Only hard and regular work will bring success. View quote
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The student learns rules but all the rules in the world never make a picture. (Howard Pyle)
Paint your picture by means of the lights. Lights define texture and color - shadows define form. View quote
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What is done is done; and the cracked egg cannot be cured. View quote
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You who so plod amid serious things that you feel it shame to give yourself up even for a few short moments to mirth and joyousness in the land of Fancy; you who think that life hath not to do with innocent laughter that can harm no one; these pages are not for you. View quote
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Your subjects have had a history - try to reveal it in your picture. View quote
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Paint ideas, paint thought. View quote
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The right to suffer is one of the joys of a free economy. View quote
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You will have to scrutinize the model sharply to find the proportions - how the weight is supported, how each joint is functioning... Look for the color and tone and texture... how the light falls on the figure, especially the face. View quote
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Talk about life - but in your own way. View quote
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I take back all I ever said about the Old Masters. They give great lessons. View quote
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All the students have shown more advance in two months of summer study than they have in a year of ordinary instruction, largely due to their free and wholesome life in the open air. (Howard Pyle)
I think it likely that some of my pupils will reach unusual distinction. View quote
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For ages past the Genius of Literature and the Genius of Art have walked together hand in hand. For the Goddess of letters is blind, and only she of Art can lend her sight. View quote
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I am of use to the younger artists through the advice and criticism which I give them. View quote
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Don't take my criticisms as iron-clad rules but more as suggestions. View quote
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Howard Pyle

Howard Pyle - Image
Born: March 5, 1853
Died: November 9, 1911
Quotes count: 29

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