You who so plod amid serious things that you feel it shame to give yourself up even for a few short moments to mirth and joyousness in the land of Fancy; you who think that life hath not to do with innocent laughter that can harm no one; these pages are not for you.

Howard Pyle

Categorized in : Thinking Land Laughter

The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression, and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cast out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived.

childhood stories memories

Throw your heart into the picture and then jump in after it. by Howard Pyle

Throw your heart into the picture and then jump in after it.

heart

Young people, don't get the idea that you have an artistic temperament which must be humored. Don't believe you cannot do good work unless you feel in tile mood for it. That is all nonsense. I frequently have to force myself to make a start in the morning; but after a short while I find I can work. Only hard and regular work will bring success.

morning believe ideas

Art is the expression of those beauties and emotions that stir th... by Howard Pyle

Art is the expression of those beauties and emotions that stir the human soul.

soul expression art

He who jumps for the moon and gets it not leaps higher than he wh... by Howard Pyle

He who jumps for the moon and gets it not leaps higher than he who stoops for a penny in the mud.

mud pennies moon

I take back all I ever said about the Old Masters. They give grea... by Howard Pyle

I take back all I ever said about the Old Masters. They give great lessons.

lessons masters giving

What is done is done; and the cracked egg cannot be cured. by Howard Pyle

What is done is done; and the cracked egg cannot be cured.

cracked eggs done

I put on my dream-cap one day and stepped into Wonderland. by Howard Pyle

I put on my dream-cap one day and stepped into Wonderland.

wonderland one-day dream

Project your mind into your subject until you actually live in it... by Howard Pyle

Project your mind into your subject until you actually live in it.

projects subjects mind

It doth make a man better,' quoth Robin Hood, 'to bear of those noble men so long ago. When one doth list to such tales, his soul doth say, 'put by thy poor little likings and seek to do likewise.' Truly, one may not do as nobly one's self, but in the striving one is better.

noble-man self men

The right to suffer is one of the joys of a free economy. by Howard Pyle

The right to suffer is one of the joys of a free economy.

economy suffering joy

The student learns rules but all the rules in the world never mak... by Howard Pyle

The student learns rules but all the rules in the world never make a picture.

students world

Paint your picture by means of the lights. Lights define texture... by Howard Pyle

Paint your picture by means of the lights. Lights define texture and color - shadows define form.

color light mean

Paint ideas, paint thought. by Howard Pyle

Paint ideas, paint thought.

paint ideas

A good deal of large and rather interesting work is drifting my w... by Howard Pyle

A good deal of large and rather interesting work is drifting my way.

drifting way interesting

Talk about life - but in your own way. by Howard Pyle

Talk about life - but in your own way.

communication way

An I must drink sour ale, I must, but never have I yielded me to man before, and that without wound or mark upon my body. Nor, when I bethink me, will I yield now.

yield body men

I think it likely that some of my pupils will reach unusual disti... by Howard Pyle

I think it likely that some of my pupils will reach unusual distinction.

unusual teaching thinking

My objective in teaching my pupils is that they should be fitted... by Howard Pyle

My objective in teaching my pupils is that they should be fitted for any kind of art.

kind teaching art

(H)ope, be it never so faint, bringeth a gleam into darkness, like a little rushlight that costeth but a groat.

gleam darkness littles