Childe Hassam Quotes

• Art, to me, is the interpretation of the impression which nature makes upon the eye and brain.

  Childe Hassam

  Art, Eye, Brain

  Ulrich W. Hiesinger, Childe Hassam, Jordan-Volpe Gallery (1994). “Childe Hassam: American impressionist”, Te Neues Pub Group

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• The true impressionism is realism. So many people do not observe.

  Childe Hassam

  People, Realism, Impressionism

  Ulrich W. Hiesinger, Childe Hassam, Jordan-Volpe Gallery (1994). “Childe Hassam: American impressionist”, Te Neues Pub Group

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• I believe the man who will go down in posterity is the man who paints his own time and the scenes of everyday life around him.

  Childe Hassam

  Believe, Men, Everyday

  Ulrich W. Hiesinger, Childe Hassam, Jordan-Volpe Gallery (1994). “Childe Hassam: American impressionist”, Te Neues Pub Group

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• Art, to me is the interpretation of the impression which nature makes upon the eye and brain. The word 'Impressionism' as applied to art has been abused, and in the general acceptance of the term has become perverted. [...] The true impressionism is realism. So many people do not observe. They take the ready-made axioms laid down by others, and walk blindly in a rut without trying to see for themselves.

  Childe Hassam

  Art, Eye, Acceptance

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• I do not always find the streets interesting, so I wait until I see picturesque groups and those that compose well in relation to the whole.

  Childe Hassam

  Interesting, Waiting, Groups

  Ulrich W. Hiesinger, Childe Hassam, Jordan-Volpe Gallery (1994). “Childe Hassam: American impressionist”, Te Neues Pub Group

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• The word 'impressionism' as applied to art has been abused, and in the general acceptance of the term has become perverted.

  Childe Hassam

  Art, Acceptance, Term

  Ulrich W. Hiesinger, Childe Hassam, Jordan-Volpe Gallery (1994). “Childe Hassam: American impressionist”, Te Neues Pub Group

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• These small shows were decidedly a success. The exhibitions were not too large to be seen easily. It was not an effort, as larger collections of pictures usually are.

  Childe Hassam

  Effort, Exhibitions, Shows

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