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)
The Hudson River School was America's first fraternity of artists. Find out more and see more of their work at this website.
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