Thomas Gainsborough Quotes
-
We love a genius for what he leaves and mourn him for what he takes away
→ -
Though I'm a rogue in talking upon Painting & Love I can be serious and honest upon any subject thoroughly pleasing to me.
→ -
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.
→ -
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.
→ -
Fools talk of imitation and copying, all is imitation
→