Top 5 Quotes by Asher Brown Durand

The less apparent the means and manner of the artist, the more directly will his work appeal to the understanding and the feelings.

The less apparent the means and manner of the artist, the more directly will his work appeal to the understanding and the feelings.

Asher Brown Durand

Mean, Artist, Understanding

Linda S. Ferber, Asher Brown Durand (2007). “Kindred spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American landscape”, D Giles Ltd

Let me earnestly recommend...one studio which you may freely enter and receive in liberal measure the most sure and safe instruction...the Studio of Nature.

Asher Brown Durand

Safe, May, Instruction

I would sooner look for figs on thistles than for the higher attributes of art from one whose ruling motive... is money.

Asher Brown Durand

Art, Money, Looks

Linda S. Ferber, Asher Brown Durand (2007). “Kindred spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American landscape”, D Giles Ltd

All the best artists have shown that the greatest achievement in the production of fine color is the concealment of pigments, and not the parade of them; and we may say the same of execution.

Asher Brown Durand

Artist, Color, Achievement

Linda S. Ferber, Asher Brown Durand (2007). “Kindred spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American landscape”, D Giles Ltd