Winslow Homer
Winslow Homer
Winslow Homerwas an American landscape painter and printmaker, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in American art...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth24 February 1836
CountryUnited States of America
house lovely contentment
All is lovely outside my house and inside my house and myself.
black-and-white wonderful relation
It is wonderful how much depends upon the relations of black and white A black and white, if properly balanced, suggests colour.
chance
Oh what a friend chance can be — when it chooses.
inspiring art two
Never put more than two waves in a picture; it's fussy.
giving-up mistake drinking
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.
giving joy hours
The life that I have chosen gives me my full hours of enjoyment.
money paint
I will paint for money any time.
interesting life-is most-interesting
The most interesting part of my life is of no concern to the public.
men artist want
If a man wants to be an artist, he should never look at pictures.
depression stupid people
What's the use? The people are too stupid. They do not understand.
sky light giving
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.
live-by watercolors
You will see, in the future I will live by my watercolors.
trying paint offers
When you paint, try to put down exactly what you see. Whatever else you have to offer will come out anyway.
looks problem solve
Look at nature, work independently, and solve your own problems.