J.M.W. Turner
A Romantic landscape painter, he is known as 'the painter of light' for his expressive use of color and atmospheric effects, anticipating Impressionism.
Quotes by J.M.W. Turner
My business is to paint what I see, not what I know.
Light is therefore colour.
The sun is God.
Indistinctness is my fault.
I did not paint it to be understood, but to be seen.
Nature is a rum 'un.
My pictures are my children.
I never lose sight of nature.
The noblest works of art are those that represent the noblest objects.
My object is not to copy nature, but to give the impression of nature.
The true artist must be a poet.
I have no time for anything but painting.
The artist's eye is his best master.
Colour is the soul of painting.
I am not a copyist, but an interpreter.
The more you look at a picture, the more you see in it.
Art is a language, and the artist is its interpreter.
The grandest scenes are those which combine the sublime with the beautiful.
I paint what I feel, not what I see.
The artist should always strive for originality.