Quote#Art
Then you will do away with the only social meetings [at the Art…
Quote byJ. M. W. Turner · 1775–1851
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: undated quotes, Quote of Turner, told by Mr. C?. Leslie; as cited in 'The life of J.M.W. Turner', Volume II, George Walter Thornbury; Hurst and Blackett Publishers, London, 1862, pp. 186-87.
English (original)
Then you will do away with the only social meetings [at the Art Academy in London ] we have, the only occasion on which we all come together in an easy, unrestrained manner. When we have no varnishing days, we shall not know one another.
— J. M. W. Turner
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