21 Quotes by Thomas Eakins

Enthusiasm for one’s goal lessens the disagreeableness of working toward it.

I once painted a concert singer and on the chestnut frame I carved the opening bars of Mendelssohn’s Rest in the Lord. It was ornamental unobtrusive and to musicians I think it emphasized the expression of the face and pose of the figure.

How beautiful an old woman’s skin is! All those wrinkles!