Thomas Eakins Art Quotes - (5 quotes)

Thomas Eakins - From the Construction category:

The brush is a more powerful and rapid tool than the point or the stump... the main thing that the brush secures is the instant grasp of the grand construction of a figure. (Thomas Eakins)

Thomas Eakins - From the Nature category:

The big artist... keeps an eye on nature and steals her tools. (Thomas Eakins)

Thomas Eakins - From the Patriotism category:

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 we create a great and distinctly American art. (Thomas Eakins)

Thomas Eakins - From the Simplicity category:

In mathematics the complicated things are reduced to simple things. So it is in painting. (Thomas Eakins)

Thomas Eakins - From the Thinking category:

Strain your brain more than your eye. (Thomas Eakins)