American urban realist Painter, one of the most influential teachers of art in the United States at the beginning of the 20th century. 1865-1929 Popularity:
“Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.”
“Know what the old masters did. Know how they composed their pictures, but do not fall into the conventions they established. These conventions were right for them, and they are wonderful. They made their language. You make yours. All the past can help you.”
“Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a full and free play of faculties, genius will manifest itself.”
