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
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.
thinking alive reputation
Only think of my being alive with a reputation!
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.
knowing done
I prefer every time a picture composed and painted outdoors. The thing is done without your knowing it.
giving balance sun
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.
house lovely contentment
All is lovely outside my house and inside my house and myself.
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.