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Consistency is the quality of a stagnant mind.
— John French Sloan
Draw places you have seen from memory. I used to paint things I had glimpsed through windows while riding in the elevated train.
— John French Sloan
Knowing that you do not know is to ask humbly, instead of tell arrogantly. That is the beginning of wisdom.
— Philippa Gregory
Don't be stingy with your paint, it isn't worth it.
— John French Sloan
Painting is drawing, with the additional means of color.
— John French Sloan
Always think of drawing, getting the forms realized, emphasizing the design.
— John French Sloan
Our creations are the outward expressions of our inner truths.
— Bryant McGill
The artist seeks to record his awareness of order in life.
— John French Sloan
Don't think of sea as color. Make it a solid that can support a boat. Think of 'wetness' as color-texture.
— John French Sloan
A frozen daiquiri of a scorching afternoon is soothing. It makes living more tolerable.
— Tallulah Bankhead
The purpose of subject matter is to veil technique. The great artist uses the cloak of resemblance to hide the means.
— John French Sloan
There's a reason every book, even one that isn't very serious, is shaped like a suitcase
— Sergei Dovlatov
Nature is what you see plus what you think about it.
— John French Sloan
There is a better chance of getting an exciting painting from a laboured study with texture than from a fine drawing without it.
— John French Sloan
Color is like music. The palette is an instrument that can be orchestrated to build form.
— John French Sloan
Since we have to speak well of the dead, let's knock them while they're alive.
— John French Sloan
Awoke from nightmare could be a relief.
— Toba Beta
Artists are the only people in the world who really live. The others have to hope for heaven.
— John French Sloan
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
— Seneca The Younger
I don't go for girls who have beach blond hair, that stereotypical girl thing. But, you know, whatever comes around.
— Callan McAuliffe
We were with Frank as part of his very last tour.
— Eydie Gorme
Drawing and composition are the same thing.
— John French Sloan
In the hands of a master, light and shade is one of the great qualities of art.
— John French Sloan
Find your own technique.
— John French Sloan
Be sensitive to the qualities inherent in the medium. Paint honestly and avoid tricks.
— John French Sloan
