Winslow Homer Quotes

#1. It is wonderful how much depends upon the relations of black and white A black and white, if properly balanced, suggests colour.

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#2. 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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#3. The most interesting part of my life is of no concern to the public.

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#4. I regret very much that I have painted a picture that requires any description.

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#5. 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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#6. The life that I have chosen gives me my full hours of enjoyment.

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#7. Only think of my being alive with a reputation!

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#8. You will see, in the future I will live by my watercolors.

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#9. What's the use? The people are too stupid. They do not understand.

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#10. Never put more than two waves in a picture; it's fussy.

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#11. I will paint for money any time.

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#12. 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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#13. Artists should never look at pictures, but should stutter in a language of their own.

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#14. 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.

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#15. If a man wants to be an artist, he should never look at pictures.

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#16. All is lovely outside my house and inside my house and myself.

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#17. I prefer every time a picture composed and painted outdoors. The thing is done without your knowing it.

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#18. The sun will not rise or set without my notice, and thanks.

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#19. Look at nature, work independently, and solve your own problems.

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#20. Oh what a friend chance can be - when it chooses.

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