Winslow Homer Quotes

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

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

    1895 Letter to his brother, Charles, 23 Feb.
  • All is lovely outside my house and inside my house and myself.

    Winslow Homer, John Wilmerding (1972). “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, or set, without my notice, and thanks.

    Giving   Balance   Sun  
    1895 Letter to his brother, Charles, 23 Feb.
  • I prefer every time a picture composed and painted outdoors. The thing is done without your knowing it.

    Knowing   Done  
    Winslow Homer, Philip C. Beam, University of Rochester. Memorial Art Gallery (1990). “Winslow Homer in the 1890s: Prout's Neck observed : essays”, Hudson Hills Pr
  • When you paint, try to put down exactly what you see. Whatever else you have to offer will come out anyway.

    Trying   Paint   Offers  
  • I will paint for money any time.

    Money   Paint  
    Winslow Homer, Robert W. Schlageter, Cummer Gallery of Art (1977). “Winslow Homer's Florida, 1886-1909: exhibition April 22 to May 29, 1977, Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville”
  • It is wonderful how much depends upon the relations of black and white A black and white, if properly balanced, suggests colour.

    Winslow Homer (1979). “Winslow Homer: Master of the Wood Engraving”
  • There is no such thing as talent. What they call talent is nothing but the capacity for doing continuous work in the right way.

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

    Artist   Men   Looks  
    Winslow Homer, Lloyd Goodrich, Whitney Museum of American Art (1973). “Winslow Homer”
  • I regret very much that I have painted a picture that requires any description.

    On being asked about the meaning of a painting by a dealer. Quoted by Andrea Bennett in the NewYork Times Book Review, 15 Sep 1991.
  • 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.

  • Only think of my being alive with a reputation!

    Winslow Homer, Robert W. Schlageter, Cummer Gallery of Art (1977). “Winslow Homer's Florida, 1886-1909: exhibition April 22 to May 29, 1977, Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville”
  • 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.

    Light   Sky   Giving  
    Winslow Homer, Lloyd Goodrich (1973). “Winslow Homer”
  • The most interesting part of my life is of no concern to the public.

    Winslow Homer, Lloyd Goodrich (1973). “Winslow Homer”
  • Artists should never look at pictures, but should stutter in a language of their own.

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

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

    Inspiring   Art   Two  
    Winslow Homer, Lloyd Goodrich, Whitney Museum of American Art (1973). “Winslow Homer”
  • Look at nature, work independently, and solve your own problems.

    Looks   Problem   Solve  
  • You will see, in the future I will live by my watercolors.

    Winslow Homer, Lloyd Goodrich (1973). “Winslow Homer”
  • The life that I have chosen gives me my full hours of enjoyment.

    Giving   Joy   Hours  
    1895 Letter to his brother, Charles, 23 Feb.
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