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Winslow Homer

(1836–1910) Painter United States

21 quotes in 93 categories

Winslow Homer was a painter from the United States, best known for Winslow Homer.

Quick Facts About Winslow Homer

Born: February 24, 1836
Died: September 29, 1910
Nationality: United States
Profession: Painter
Notable works: Winslow Homer
Known for: The Morning Bell, Corn Husking, Man With A Scythe, Boy and Girl in a Field with Sheep, Two Girls with Sunbonnets in a Field

About Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters of 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in American art in general.

Biography source: Wikipedia

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.

Balanced

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Only think of my being alive with a reputation!

Alive

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

Depression

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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.

Offers

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

Looks

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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…

Ability

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

Art

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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…

Balance

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

Chosen

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

Contentment

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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…

Beauty

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

Live by

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

Art

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

Art

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

Done

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Oh what a friend chance can be — when it chooses.

Chance

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The Sun will not rise or set without my notice and thanks.

Sun

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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;…

Direct

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

Description

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I will paint for money any time.

Inspirational

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

Concern

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