Quotes by John Sloan

“Consistency is the quality of a stagnant mind”

“Every good picture leaves the painter eager to start again, unsatisfied, inspired by the rich mine in which he is working, hoping for more energy, more vitality, more time - condemned to painting for life.”

“The college undergraduate is a lot of things - many of them as familiar, predictable and responsible as the bounce of a basketball, and others as startling (and occasionally disastrous) as the bounce of a football.”

“Since we have to speak well of the dead, lets knock them while theyre alive.”

“There is no more vulnerable human combination than an undergraduate.”

“David Murray is a great businessman but knows nothing about football. If he did, hed have sacked McLeish long ago.”

“Dont ever dare to take your college as a matter of course - because, like democracy and freedom, many people youll never know have broken their hearts to get it for you.”

“Put your future in good hands - your own.”

“You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is an old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.”

“Your families are extremely proud of you. You cant imagine the sense of relief they are experiencing. This would be a most opportune time to ask for money.”

Though a living cannot be made from art, art makes life worth living. It makes starving, living.

What difference does it make whether your work is appreciated or not? The work will still be yours. Anyway, most of us are only appreciated after we are dead.