J. M. W. Turner Quotes & Sayings

Painting is a strange business. — 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 in his line as in the other departments of art. — J. M. W. Turner

Light is therefore color. — J. M. W. Turner

If I could find anything blacker than black, I'd use it. — 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 and confined; namely that which addresses itself to the imagination from that which is solely addressed to the eye. — J. M. W. Turner

I know of no genius but the genius of hard work. — J. M. W. Turner

...indistinctness is my forte... — J. M. W. Turner

My business is to paint what I see, not what I know is there. — 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 or some rubbish of that sort. — J. M. W. Turner

Painting can never show her nose in company with architecture but to have it snubbed. — J. M. W. Turner

My job is to paint what I see, not what I know. — J. M. W. Turner

I don't paint so that people will understand me, I paint to show what a particular scene looks like. — J. M. W. Turner

It is only when we are no longer fearful that we begin to create. — J. M. W. Turner