Asher Brown Durand Quotes

• The less apparent the means and manner of the artist, the more directly will his work appeal to the understanding and the feelings.

  Asher Brown Durand

  Mean, Artist, Understanding

  Linda S. Ferber, Asher Brown Durand (2007). “Kindred spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American landscape”, D Giles Ltd

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• Let me earnestly recommend...one studio which you may freely enter and receive in liberal measure the most sure and safe instruction...the Studio of Nature.

  Asher Brown Durand

  Safe, May, Instruction

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• I would sooner look for figs on thistles than for the higher attributes of art from one whose ruling motive... is money.

  Asher Brown Durand

  Art, Money, Looks

  Linda S. Ferber, Asher Brown Durand (2007). “Kindred spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American landscape”, D Giles Ltd

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• All the best artists have shown that the greatest achievement in the production of fine color is the concealment of pigments, and not the parade of them; and we may say the same of execution.

  Asher Brown Durand

  Artist, Color, Achievement

  Linda S. Ferber, Asher Brown Durand (2007). “Kindred spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American landscape”, D Giles Ltd

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• Waste not your time on broad sketches in color.

  Asher Brown Durand

  Color, Waste, Broads

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