Thomas Gainsborough Quotes

• We love a genius for what he leaves and mourn him for what he takes away

  Thomas Gainsborough

  Genius, Mourn

  Nicola Kalinsky, Thomas Gainsborough (1995). “Gainsborough”, Phaidon Incorporated Limited

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• I wish you would recollect that Painting and Punctuality mix like Oil and Vinegar, and that Genius and regularity are utter Enemies and must be to the end of time.

  Thomas Gainsborough

  Time, Oil, Enemy

  Letter to a patron, in John Hayes 'Thomas Gainsborough' (1980) p. 14

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• Fools talk of imitation and copying, all is imitation

  Thomas Gainsborough

  Copying, Fool, Imitation

  Thomas Gainsborough (1963). “Letters”

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• Many a real genius is lost in the fictitious character of the Gentleman. I am the most inconsistent, changeable being so full of fits and starts.

  Thomas Gainsborough

  Real, Character, Gentleman

  Letter to William Jackson of Exeter; as cited in "The Letters of Thomas Gainsborough", ed. Mary Woodall, 1961, September 14, 1767.

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• Though I'm a rogue in talking upon Painting & Love I can be serious and honest upon any subject thoroughly pleasing to me.

  Thomas Gainsborough

  Talking, Rogues, Serious

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