Thomas Eakins (Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins) Quotes

Strain your brain more than your eye... You can copy a thing to a certain limit. Then you must use intellect.

Thomas Eakins

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• Eye
• Certain
• Intellect
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• Strain your brain more than your eye... You can copy a thing to a certain limit. Then you must use intellect.

  

  Thomas Eakins
  • Brain
  • Eye
  • Certain