Winslow Homer famous quotes

03-25-2025

There is no such thing as talent. What they call talent is nothing but the capacity for doing continuous work in the right way.
-- Winslow Homer

#Art #Way #Talent
The Sun will not rise or set without my notice and thanks.
-- Winslow Homer

#Appreciation #Sun #Thanks
I regret very much that I have painted a picture that requires any description.
-- Winslow Homer

#Regret #Description #I Regret
When you paint, try to put down exactly what you see. Whatever else you have to offer will come out anyway.
-- Winslow Homer

#Trying #Paint #Offers
Look at nature, work independently, and solve your own problems.
-- Winslow Homer

#Looks #Problem #Solve
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.
-- Winslow Homer

#Giving Up #Mistake #Drinking
The life that I have chosen gives me my full hours of enjoyment.
-- Winslow Homer

#Giving #Joy #Hours
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 Homer

#Sky #Light #Giving
I will paint for money any time.
-- Winslow Homer

#Money #Paint
I prefer every time a picture composed and painted outdoors. The thing is done without your knowing it.
-- Winslow Homer

#Knowing #Done
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.
-- Winslow Homer

#Giving #Balance #Sun
All is lovely outside my house and inside my house and myself.
-- Winslow Homer

#House #Lovely #Contentment
Only think of my being alive with a reputation!
-- Winslow Homer

#Thinking #Alive #Reputation
Never put more than two waves in a picture; it's fussy.
-- Winslow Homer

#Inspiring #Art #Two
You will see, in the future I will live by my watercolors.
-- Winslow Homer

#Live By
Artists should never look at pictures, but should stutter in a language of their own.
-- Winslow Homer

#Artist #Looks #Language
The most interesting part of my life is of no concern to the public.
-- Winslow Homer

#Interesting #Life Is #Most Interesting
It is wonderful how much depends upon the relations of black and white A black and white, if properly balanced, suggests colour.
-- Winslow Homer

#Black And White #Wonderful #Relation
Oh what a friend chance can be â€” when it chooses.
-- Winslow Homer

#Chance
If a man wants to be an artist, he should never look at pictures.
-- Winslow Homer

#Men #Artist #Want
What's the use? The people are too stupid. They do not understand.
-- Winslow Homer

#Depression #Stupid #People

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