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John French Sloan – amerykański malarz i grafik, przedstawiciel modernizmu i realizmu. Należał do ugrupowania The Eight/Ashcan School będąc jednym z najbardziej wpływowych jego członków. Malował sceny miejskie, charakterystyczne dla Nowego Jorku z przełomu XIX i XX wieku. Członek American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Art Students League, Charcoal Club, National Arts Club, National Institute of Arts and Letters, Society of American Artists i Society of Independent Artists. Wikipedia  

✵ 2. Sierpień 1871 – 7. Wrzesień 1951
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John French Sloan: Cytaty po angielsku

“[on w:Diego Rivera:].. the one artist on this continent who is in the class of the old masters.”

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John Sloan

Źródło: Brooks, Van Wyck. John Sloan: a Painter's Life. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1955, p. 170

“[As a painting teacher] I'm not flirting, playing around. I'm serious about it... If you don't want to be serious about playing [at art], do something of no account. Go into banking. Buy collar buttons at five cents a dozen and sell them for five cents a piece.”

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John Sloan

Ibid. p. 8.
The Gist of Art (1939)

“Then there is this idea that the world owes you a living. Here is a little thought about that. It isn't particularly logical but it makes my point. You were paid when you were born, with the privilege of living. Death is all that is coming to you. Life came to you when you were born.”

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Ibid., p. 27.
The Gist of Art (1939)

“I have nothing to teach you that will help you to make a living. [as art teacher, advising his students]”

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Źródło: Loughery, John. John Sloan: Painter and Rebel. New York: Henry Holt, 1995. , pp. 224-225

“The idea of taking up art as a calling, a profession, is a mirage. Art enriches life. It makes life worth living. But to make a living at it—that idea is incompatible with making art.”

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John Sloan

Ibid., p. 26.
The Gist of Art (1939)

“[choosing his scenes by:].. night vigils at the back window.”

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The Gist of Art Joan Sloan, New York: Artist Group, 1939, p. 220
The Gist of Art (1939)

“People who take things too literally don't get much of anything from my teaching. By never saying anything I mean, I say a great deal. I never mean anything I say under oath. I never mean exactly what I say. Not even this. You have to read between the words.”

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John Sloan

In John Sloan on Drawing and Painting. Mineola NY: Dover Publications, 2000. Originally published in 1939 as The Gist of Art, p. 7.
The Gist of Art (1939)

“It takes a great deal of strong personality to survive the art school training. Hard nuts that the art schools can't crack and devour get through and become artists.”

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Ibid., p. 8.
The Gist of Art (1939)