J. M. W. Turner
J. M. W. Turner
Joseph Mallord William Turner, RAwas an English Romanticist landscape painter. Turner was considered a controversial figure in his day, but is now regarded as the artist who elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivalling history painting...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth23 April 1775
courage fearful
It is only when we are no longer fearful that we begin to create.
eye ideas imagination
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.
hard-work genius mastery
I know of no genius but the genius of hard work.
marriage wedding art
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.
jobs paint knows
My job is to paint what I see, not what I know.
color light energy
Light is therefore color.
beautiful art lines
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.
turns
There's a sketch at every turn.