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> [I know of no genius but the genius of hard work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-w-turner/i-know-of-no-genius-but-the-genius-of-hard-work/)

[J. M. W. Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-m-w-turner/)

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## More by J. M. W. Turner

> [I don't paint so that people will understand me, I paint to show what a particular scene looks like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-w-turner/i-don-t-paint-so-that-people-will-understand-me-i-paint-to-show-what/)

[J. M. W. Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-m-w-turner/)

> [I have no secret but hard work. This is a secret that many never learn, and they don't succeed because they don't learn it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-w-turner/i-have-no-secret-but-hard-work-this-is-a-secret-that-many-never-learn/)

[J. M. W. Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-m-w-turner/)

> [I hate married men. They never make any sacrifices to the arts, but are always thinking of their duties to their wives and families…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-w-turner/i-hate-married-men-they-never-make-any-sacrifices-to-the-arts-but-are/)

[J. M. W. Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-m-w-turner/)

> [My job is to paint what I see, not what I know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-w-turner/my-job-is-to-paint-what-i-see-not-what-i-know/)

[J. M. W. Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-m-w-turner/)

> [It is necessary to mark the greater from the lesser truth: namely the larger and more liberal idea of nature from the comparatively narrow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-w-turner/it-is-necessary-to-mark-the-greater-from-the-lesser-truth-namely-the/)

[J. M. W. Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-m-w-turner/)

> [To select, combine and concentrate that which is beautiful in nature and admirable in art is as much the business of the landscape painter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-w-turner/to-select-combine-and-concentrate-that-which-is-beautiful-in-nature/)

[J. M. W. Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-m-w-turner/)

> [Light is therefore color.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-w-turner/light-is-therefore-color/)

[J. M. W. Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-m-w-turner/)

> [It is only when we are no longer fearful that we begin to create.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-w-turner/it-is-only-when-we-are-no-longer-fearful-that-we-begin-to-create/)

[J. M. W. Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-m-w-turner/)

> [I know of no genius but the genius of hard work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-w-turner/i-know-of-no-genius-but-the-genius-of-hard-work/)

[J. M. W. Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-m-w-turner/)

> [If I could find anything blacker than black, I'd use it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-w-turner/if-i-could-find-anything-blacker-than-black-i-d-use-it/)

[J. M. W. Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-m-w-turner/)

> [indistinctness is my forte.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-w-turner/indistinctness-is-my-forte/)

[J. M. W. Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-m-w-turner/)

> [There's a sketch at every turn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-w-turner/there-s-a-sketch-at-every-turn/)

[J. M. W. Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-m-w-turner/)

> [Painting is a strange business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-w-turner/painting-is-a-strange-business/)

[J. M. W. Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-m-w-turner/)

> [Painting can never show her nose in company with architecture but to have it snubbed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-w-turner/painting-can-never-show-her-nose-in-company-with-architecture-but-to/)

[J. M. W. Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-m-w-turner/)

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