Thomas Gainsborough quotes
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“I wish you would recollect that Painting and Punctuality mix like Oil and Vinegar, and that Genius and regularity are utter Enemies and must be to the end of time.”
-- Thomas GainsboroughSource : Letter to a patron, in John Hayes 'Thomas Gainsborough' (1980) p. 14
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“We love a genius for what he leaves and mourn him for what he takes away”
-- Thomas GainsboroughSource : Nicola Kalinsky, Thomas Gainsborough (1995). “Gainsborough”, Phaidon Incorporated Limited
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“Fools talk of imitation and copying, all is imitation”
-- Thomas GainsboroughSource : Thomas Gainsborough (1963). “Letters”
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“Though I'm a rogue in talking upon Painting & Love I can be serious and honest upon any subject thoroughly pleasing to me.”
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“Many a real genius is lost in the fictitious character of the Gentleman. I am the most inconsistent, changeable being so full of fits and starts.”
-- Thomas GainsboroughSource : Letter to William Jackson of Exeter; as cited in "The Letters of Thomas Gainsborough", ed. Mary Woodall, 1961, September 14, 1767.
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“The critical period of matrimony is breakfast-time.”
Source : Uncommon Law (1935) "Is Marriage Lawful?"
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“Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last.”
Source : Abraham Cowley (1679). “The Works of Mr Abraham Cowley: Consisting of Those which Were Formerly Printed : and Those which He Design'd for the Press”, p.11
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“The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.”
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“The loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss of friends.”
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