46 Quotes by Winslow Homer

Every condition must be favorable, or I do not work and will not.

Only once in the last thirty years have I made a duplicate, and that was a watercolor from my oil picture now owned by the Layton Art Gallery, Milwaukee, called 'Hark! the Lark.'

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.

Do not think that I have stopped painting, for at any moment, I am liable to paint a good picture.

You will see - in the future, I will live by my watercolors.

I prefer every time a picture composed and painted outdoors.

I wouldn't go across the street to see a Bouguereau. His pictures look false; he does not get the truth of what he wishes to represent. His light is not outdoor light; his works are waxy and artificial. They are extremely near being frauds.

Anything written or printed under a print or picture takes the attention from it and, if it is very black or white in any marked degree, will utterly destroy its beauty.

If a man wants to be an artist, he must never look at pictures.