The Hudson River School
Quotes From Hudson River School Artists
"To walk with nature as a poet is the necessary condition of a perfect artist." —Thomas Cole
"How I have walked… day after day, and all alone, to see if there was not something among the old things which was new!" -Thomas Cole
"Truly all is remarkable and a wellspring of amazement and wonder. Man is so fortunate to dwell in this American Garden of Eden." — Albert Bierstadt
"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 B. Durand, “Letters on Landscape Painting,” The Crayon (1855)
"To walk with nature as a poet is the necessary condition of a perfect artist." —Thomas Cole
"How I have walked… day after day, and all alone, to see if there was not something among the old things which was new!" -Thomas Cole
"Truly all is remarkable and a wellspring of amazement and wonder. Man is so fortunate to dwell in this American Garden of Eden." — Albert Bierstadt
"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 B. Durand, “Letters on Landscape Painting,” The Crayon (1855)
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