It is the soul that sees; the outward eyes Present the object, but the Mind descries. We see nothing till we truly understand it.

I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful.

Light - dews - breezes - bloom - and freshness; not one of which... has yet been perfected on the canvas of any painter in the world.

It will be difficult to name a class of landscape in which the sky is not the key note, the standard of scale, and the chief organ of sentiment.

The sound of water escaping from mill-dams, etc., willows, old rotten planks, slimy posts, and brickwork.those scenes made me a painter and I am grateful.

The sky is the source of light in Nature and it governs everything.

We see nothing till we truly understand it.

When I sit down to make a sketch from nature, the first thing I try to do is to forget that I have ever seen a picture.

An artist who is self-taught is taught by a very ignorant person indeed.

Turner has outdone himself; he seems to paint with tinted steam, so evanescent and so airy.

Speaking to a lawyer about pictures is something like talking to a butcher about humanity.

Three-quarters of a soldier's life is spent in aimlessly waiting about.

I don't think being flawed is a bad thing for a character... nor do I think it's a bad thing for a person in life, because that's how we all are.

I actually think I play better now than Ive ever played.

The hours spool out like a ribbon I can't find the end of.

She was incurably dishonest.

An Idle youth, a needy Age.

How do you know that God didn't speak to Charles Darwin?

Marlon [Brando] showed me that you could do the work and not have to shut yourself off from people or your family.

A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.

Walk along one day and do nothing wrong, play by the rules, be a good person, do everything right: it doesn't guarantee anything.