1.
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
2.
We love a genius for what he leaves and mourn him for what he takes away
Thomas Gainsborough
3.
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
4.
Fools talk of imitation and copying, all is imitation
Thomas Gainsborough
5.
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
