Albert Pinkham Ryder - From the Expression category:
The artist should strive to express his thought and not the surface of it. (Albert Pinkham Ryder)
Albert Pinkham Ryder - From the Fear category:
The artist should fear to become the slave of detail. (Albert Pinkham Ryder)
Albert Pinkham Ryder - From the Imitation category:
Imitation is not inspiration, and inspiration only can give birth to a work of art. The least of man's original emanations is better that the best of a borrowed thought. (Albert Pinkham Ryder)
Albert Pinkham Ryder - From the Modernism category:
Modern art must strike out from the old. The new is not revealed to those whose eyes are fastened in worship upon the old. (Albert Pinkham Ryder)
Albert Pinkham Ryder - From the Originality category:
The artist has only to remain true to his dream and it will possess his work in such a manner that it will resemble the work of no other man. (Albert Pinkham Ryder)
Albert Pinkham Ryder - From the Searching category:
Have you ever seen an inch worm crawl up a leaf or twig, and then clinging to the very end, revolve in the air, feeling for something to reach...? That's like me. I am trying to find something out there beyond the place on which I have a footing. (Albert Pinkham Ryder)
Albert Pinkham Ryder - From the Studio category:
A rain-tight roof, frugal living, a box of colors, and God's sunlight through clear windows keep the soul attuned and the body vigorous for one's daily work. (Albert Pinkham Ryder)
Albert Pinkham Ryder - From the Survival category:
The artist needs but a roof, a crust of bread, and his easel, and all the rest God gives him in abundance. He must live to paint and not paint to live. (Albert Pinkham Ryder)
Albert Pinkham Ryder - From the Uniqueness category:
No two visions are alike. Those who reach the heights have all toiled up the steep mountains by a different route. To each has been revealed a different panorama. (Albert Pinkham Ryder)
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