Life Chosen Quotes by Winslow Homer

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

— Winslow Homer

Only think of my being alive with a reputation!

— Winslow Homer

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

— Winslow Homer

When you paint, try to put down exactly what you see. Whatever else you have to offer will come out anyway.

— Winslow Homer

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

— Winslow Homer

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

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

— Winslow Homer

The life that I have chosen gives me my full hours of enjoyment for the balance of my life. The sun will not rise,…

— Winslow Homer

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

— Winslow Homer

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

— Winslow Homer

I thought for a change I would give up drinking, and it was a great mistake, and, although I reduced the size of my…

— Winslow Homer

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

— Winslow Homer

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

— Winslow Homer

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

— Winslow Homer

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

— Winslow Homer