I doubt if there is a single really excellent art school now available in New York. Howard Pyle More Quotes by Howard Pyle More Quotes From Howard Pyle 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. Howard Pyle childhoodstoriesmemories Throw your heart into the picture and then jump in after it. Howard Pyle 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. Howard Pyle morningbelieveideas Art is the expression of those beauties and emotions that stir the human soul. Howard Pyle soulexpressionart He who jumps for the moon and gets it not leaps higher than he who stoops for a penny in the mud. Howard Pyle mudpenniesmoon 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 laughterlandthinking I take back all I ever said about the Old Masters. They give great lessons. Howard Pyle lessonsmastersgiving What is done is done; and the cracked egg cannot be cured. Howard Pyle crackedeggsdone I put on my dream-cap one day and stepped into Wonderland. Howard Pyle wonderlandone-daydream Project your mind into your subject until you actually live in it. Howard Pyle projectssubjectsmind 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. Howard Pyle noble-manselfmen The right to suffer is one of the joys of a free economy. Howard Pyle economysufferingjoy The student learns rules but all the rules in the world never make a picture. Howard Pyle studentsworld Paint your picture by means of the lights. Lights define texture and color - shadows define form. Howard Pyle colorlightmean Paint ideas, paint thought. Howard Pyle paintideas A good deal of large and rather interesting work is drifting my way. Howard Pyle driftingwayinteresting Talk about life - but in your own way. Howard Pyle communicationway 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. Howard Pyle yieldbodymen I think it likely that some of my pupils will reach unusual distinction. Howard Pyle unusualteachingthinking My objective in teaching my pupils is that they should be fitted for any kind of art. Howard Pyle kindteachingart
