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

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

Asher Brown Durand

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“As you develop, the people around you develop. As you progress, the world progresses with you to a certain degree.”
“Mathematics is the queen of science, and arithmetic the queen of mathematics.”
“The tensions are always based on financial resources. Something like film is very problematic because it is viewed as an art form and also as an industry with a pure commercial base.”
“In current society, your security is cash, and that has huge repercussions. But when you take that out of the equation, you have to have relationships with people and you have to have relationships with the environment to survive.”

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“Education is the apprenticeship of life”
“I still have a dream of one day - I would love to hire a semi-retired contractor and just build a house - him and I building a house for me. I would truly love to do that”
“It seems to me that the thing that makes the theater worthwhile is the fact that it attracts so many people with ideas who are constantly trying to share them with the public. Real art is illumination. It gives a man an idea he never had before or lights up ideas that were formless or only lurking in the shadows of his mind. It adds stature to life.”
“I take my books everywhere. Plane journeys are a good opportunity to study, or also when I'm having my hair done.”

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