Winslow Homer quotes
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“There is no such thing as talent. What they call talent is nothing but the capacity for doing continuous work in the right way.”
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“The Sun will not rise or set without my notice and thanks.”
-- Winslow HomerSource : 1895 Letter to his brother, Charles, 23 Feb.
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“I regret very much that I have painted a picture that requires any description.”
-- Winslow HomerSource : On being asked about the meaning of a painting by a dealer. Quoted by Andrea Bennett in the NewYork Times Book Review, 15 Sep 1991.
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“When you paint, try to put down exactly what you see. Whatever else you have to offer will come out anyway.”
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“Look at nature, work independently, and solve your own problems.”
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“I thought for a change I would give up drinking, and it was a great mistake, and, although I reduced the size of my nose and improved my beauty, my stomach suffered.”
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“The life that I have chosen gives me my full hours of enjoyment.”
-- Winslow HomerSource : 1895 Letter to his brother, Charles, 23 Feb.
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“You have the sky overhead giving one light; then the reflected light from whatever reflects; then the direct light of the sun; so that, in the blending and suffusing of these several luminations, there is no such thing as a line to be seen anywhere.”
-- Winslow HomerSource : Winslow Homer, Lloyd Goodrich (1973). “Winslow Homer”
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“I will paint for money any time.”
-- Winslow HomerSource : Winslow Homer, Robert W. Schlageter, Cummer Gallery of Art (1977). “Winslow Homer's Florida, 1886-1909: exhibition April 22 to May 29, 1977, Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville”
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“I prefer every time a picture composed and painted outdoors. The thing is done without your knowing it.”
-- Winslow HomerSource : Winslow Homer, Philip C. Beam, University of Rochester. Memorial Art Gallery (1990). “Winslow Homer in the 1890s: Prout's Neck observed : essays”, Hudson Hills Pr
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“The life that I have chosen gives me my full hours of enjoyment for the balance of my life. The sun will not rise, or set, without my notice, and thanks.”
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“All is lovely outside my house and inside my house and myself.”
-- Winslow HomerSource : Winslow Homer, John Wilmerding (1972). “Winslow Homer”
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“Only think of my being alive with a reputation!”
-- Winslow HomerSource : Winslow Homer, Robert W. Schlageter, Cummer Gallery of Art (1977). “Winslow Homer's Florida, 1886-1909: exhibition April 22 to May 29, 1977, Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville”
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“Never put more than two waves in a picture; it's fussy.”
-- Winslow HomerSource : Winslow Homer, Lloyd Goodrich, Whitney Museum of American Art (1973). “Winslow Homer”
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“You will see, in the future I will live by my watercolors.”
-- Winslow HomerSource : Winslow Homer, Lloyd Goodrich (1973). “Winslow Homer”
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“Artists should never look at pictures, but should stutter in a language of their own.”
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“The most interesting part of my life is of no concern to the public.”
-- Winslow Homer#Interesting Quotes #Life Is Quotes #Most Interesting Quotes
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“It is wonderful how much depends upon the relations of black and white A black and white, if properly balanced, suggests colour.”
-- Winslow HomerSource : Winslow Homer (1979). “Winslow Homer: Master of the Wood Engraving”
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“Oh what a friend chance can be — when it chooses.”
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“If a man wants to be an artist, he should never look at pictures.”
-- Winslow HomerSource : Winslow Homer, Lloyd Goodrich, Whitney Museum of American Art (1973). “Winslow Homer”
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“What's the use? The people are too stupid. They do not understand.”
-- Winslow Homer
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