56 Quotes by Howard Pyle

He who jumps for the moon and gets it not leaps higher than he who stoops for a penny in the mud.

Will you come with me, sweet Reader? I thank you. Give me your hand.

Throw your heart into the picture and then jump in after it.

When the flood cometh it sweepeth away grain as well as chaff.

Gaffer Swanthold speaks truth when he saith, ‘Better a crust with content than honey with a sour heart.

I put on my dream-cap one day and stepped into Wonderland.

You who so plod amid serious things that you feel it shame to give yourself up even for a few short moments to mirth and joyousness in the land of Fancy; you who think that life hath not to do with innocent laughter that can harm no one; these pages are not for you.

The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression, and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cast out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived.

My objective in teaching my pupils is that they should be fitted for any kind of art.