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I never in my whole life could make a drawing like that; I would at…
Quote byJ. M. W. Turner · 1775–1851
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: undated quotes, remark of Turner to Chambers Hall, (before 1855); as cited in The Life of J. M. W. Turner R.A. , Walter Thornbury - A new Edition, Revised; London Chatto & Windus, 1897, p. 61.
English (original)
I never in my whole life could make a drawing like that; I would at any time have given one of my little fingers to have made such a one [one of Girtin's yellow drawings].
— J. M. W. Turner
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