Arthur Wesley Dow Quotes

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Ten Practical Experiments
1. Spacing (use gray appearance charcoal)
2. Shape (in varying proportions)
3. Arrangement
4. Rhythm
5. Drawn Line (charcoal and brush)
6. Masses (Chinese and Japanese ink painting)
7. Tone (difference)
8. Color (suggested by stain glass)
9. Dark and Light (crayon on black paper)
10. Intensities

Arthur Wesley Dow

.. art lies in the fine choice. The artist does not teach us to see facts: he teaches us to feel harmonies.

Arthur Wesley Dow

Great art should come from the harmony of two lines.

Arthur Wesley Dow

Art is the most valued thing in the world... it is the expression of the highest form of human energy, the creative power nearest to the divine. The power is within - the question is how to reach it.

Arthur Wesley Dow

Painting, which is essentially a rhythmic harmony of coloured spaces.

Arthur Wesley Dow

Arthur Wesley Dow

Arthur Wesley Dow

Born: April 6, 1857

Died: December 13, 1922 (aged 65)

Bio: Arthur Wesley Dow was an American painter, printmaker, photographer and influential arts educator.

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Composition (1913)

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