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

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

It is only when we are no longer fearful that we begin to create.

J. M. W. Turner

fearful courage

I have no secret but hard work. This is a secret that many never learn, and they don't succeed because they don't learn it. Labor is the genius that changes the world from ugliness to beauty, and the great curse to a great blessing.

J. M. W. Turner

hard-work secret blessing

I don't paint so that people will understand me, I paint to show... by 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

scene people looks

If I could find anything blacker than black, I'd use it. by J. M. W. Turner

If I could find anything blacker than black, I'd use it.

J. M. W. Turner

if-i-could black use

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

Light is therefore color.

J. M. W. Turner

color light energy

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

lines beautiful art

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

My job is to paint what I see, not what I know.

J. M. W. Turner

paint knows jobs

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

I know of no genius but the genius of hard work.

J. M. W. Turner

mastery genius hard-work

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

wedding marriage art

Indistinctness is my forte. by J. M. W. Turner

Indistinctness is my forte.

J. M. W. Turner

forte style

There's a sketch at every turn. by J. M. W. Turner

There's a sketch at every turn.

J. M. W. Turner

turns

Painting is a strange business. by J. M. W. Turner

Painting is a strange business.

J. M. W. Turner

painting strange

Painting can never show her nose in company with architecture but... by J. M. W. Turner

Painting can never show her nose in company with architecture but to have it snubbed.

J. M. W. Turner

painting architecture noses