A photographer solves a picture
“When three-dimensional space is projected monocularly on to a plane, relationships are created that did not exist before the picture was taken. Things in the […]
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To find their way to art, which is their consolation
“Paradoxically, photographers must also face the threat that their vision may one day be denied them. Their capacity to find their way to art, which […]
For the joy of seeing
“Why is photography, like the other arts, that kind of intoxication? And a quieter pleasure too, so that occasionally photographers discover tears in their eyes […]
No thing is beautiful
“The real study of an art student is more of a development of that sensitive nature and appreciative imagination with which he was so fully […]
They made their language. You make yours.
Quotes from The Art Spirit, by Robert Henri: “The work of the art student is no light matter. Few have the courage and stamina to […]
Stones to step on or stones to avoid
“Every student should put down in some form or other his findings. All any man can hope to do is to add his fragment to […]
Beauty rests in the expression
“Artists are sometimes asked, “Why do you paint ugly and not beautiful things?” The questioner rarely hesitates in his judgment of what is beautiful and […]
All good drawing or painting is compositional
“Here is the model with light on his face, a white collar, a brown coat, black tie, black hair, gray background. I have named enough […]
Approved taste
“One of the great difficulties of an art student is to decide between his own natural impressions and what he thinks should be his impressions. […]
There are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual
“There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual — become clairvoyant. We reach […]
The impulse for beauty can force its way through every boundary
“Everything that is beautiful is orderly, and there can be no order unless things are in their right relation to each other. Of this right […]
To find the idea for which I can live and die
“To be clear in my mind what I am to do, not what I am to know, except in so far as a certain understanding […]
It takes wit, and interest and energy to be happy
“Appreciation of life is not easy. One says he must earn a living — but why? Why live? It seems as though a great many […]
Play as a little child plays
“The man who believes that money is the thing is cheating himself. The artist teaches that the object of a man’s life should be to […]