Source: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
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Famous Howard Pyle Quotes
Source: The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions
Source: The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
Source: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Source: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Source: The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
Source: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
“I am of use to the younger artists through the advice and criticism which I give them.”
“Don't take my criticisms as iron-clad rules but more as suggestions.”
“I put on my dream-cap one day and stepped into Wonderland.”
Source: The Wonder Clock Or, Four and Twenty Marvelous Tales
“I doubt if there is a single really excellent art school now available in New York.”
“I should like to make myself free to all who care to attend my lectures.”
Source: History and Romance: Works by Howard Pyle from the Brokaw Family Collection : the Exhibition, April 4 Through May 17, 1998, Brandywine River Museum, Brandywine Conservancy, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
“Paint your picture by means of the lights. Lights define texture and color - shadows define form.”
“I take back all I ever said about the Old Masters. They give great lessons.”
“Project your mind into your subject until you actually live in it.”
Source: Visions of adventure: N.C. Wyeth and the Brandywine artists
“Your subjects have had a history - try to reveal it in your picture.”
“My objective in teaching my pupils is that they should be fitted for any kind of art.”
“I think it likely that some of my pupils will reach unusual distinction.”
“A good deal of large and rather interesting work is drifting my way.”
“Will you come with me, sweet Reader? I thank you. Give me your hand.”
Source: The Adventures of Robin Hood
“He who jumps for the moon and gets it not leaps higher than he who stoops for a penny in the mud.”
Source: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Source: The Adventures of Robin Hood
“What is done is done; and the cracked egg cannot be cured.”
Source: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Source: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
“Throw your heart into the picture and then jump in after it.”
Source: Pirates, Patriots, and Princesses: The Art of Howard Pyle
“Art is the expression of those beauties and emotions that stir the human soul.”
Source: History and Romance: Works by Howard Pyle from the Brokaw Family Collection : the Exhibition, April 4 Through May 17, 1998, Brandywine River Museum, Brandywine Conservancy, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
“The student learns rules but all the rules in the world never make a picture.”
“When the flood cometh it sweepeth away grain as well as chaff.”
Source: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood