Winslow Homer Quotes & Sayings

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. — Winslow Homer

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

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

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

I will paint for money any time. — Winslow Homer

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

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

All is lovely outside my house and inside my house and myself. — Winslow Homer

Only think of my being alive with a reputation! — 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

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

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. — Winslow Homer

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

The sun will not rise or set without my notice, and thanks. — Winslow Homer

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

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

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