
im September 1879, zitiert in: Marc Simpson, "The 1880s", S. 107, in Darrel Sewell, "Thomas Eakins", Yale University Press : Philadelphia 2001, ISBN 0-87633-143-6, Übersetzung: .o
Original engl.: "I think [the student] should learn to draw with color..... The brush is a more powerful and rapid tool than the point or stump."