Quotes from J. M. W. Turner

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.

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.

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

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

Painting is a strange business.

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

indistinctness is my forte...