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Thomas Gainsborough Quotes

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

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

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

Fools talk of imitation and copying, all is imitation

Thomas Gainsborough
Copying, Fool, Imitation
Thomas Gainsborough (1963). “Letters”

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.

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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