The artist should fear to become the slave of detail. He should strive to express his thought and not the surface of it. What avails a storm cloud accurate in form and color if the storm is not therein?


Albert P. Ryder: centenary exhibition ; Oct. 18 to Nov. 30, 1947 (ed. 1947)

Albert Pinkham Ryder Quotes

The artist should fear to become the slave of detail. He should strive to express his thought and not the surface of it. What avails a storm cloud...

The artist should fear to become the slave of detail. He should strive to express his thought and not the surface of it. What avails a storm cloud...

The artist should fear to become the slave of detail. He should strive to express his thought and not the surface of it. What avails a storm cloud...

The artist should fear to become the slave of detail. He should strive to express his thought and not the surface of it. What avails a storm cloud...