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Never put more than two waves in a picture it's fussy.
Winslow Homer
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Winslow Homer
Age: 74 †
Born: 1836
Born: February 24
Died: 1910
Died: September 29
Illustrator
Painter
Photographer
Printmaker
Boston
Massachusetts
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W.m Homer
Wm. Homer
Wm. (unidentified) Homer
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Artists should never look at pictures, but should stutter in a language of their own.
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The most interesting part of my life is of no concern to the public.
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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.
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Look at nature, work independently, and solve your own problems.
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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 right way.
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I regret very much that I have painted a picture that requires any description.
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.
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I will paint for money any time.
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If a man wants to be an artist, he should never look at pictures.
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The Sun will not rise or set without my notice and thanks.
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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 not rise, or set, without my notice, and thanks.
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It is wonderful how much depends upon the relations of black and white A black and white, if properly balanced, suggests colour.
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All is lovely outside my house and inside my house and myself.
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The life that I have chosen gives me my full hours of enjoyment.
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I prefer every time a picture composed and painted outdoors. The thing is done without your knowing it.
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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 of my nose and improved my beauty, my stomach suffered.
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Oh what a friend chance can be — when it chooses.
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What's the use? The people are too stupid. They do not understand.
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Only think of my being alive with a reputation!
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You will see, in the future I will live by my watercolors.
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