"He [John Ruskin] knows a great deal more about my pictures than I do; he puts things into my head, and points out meanings in them that I never intended."
— John Ruskin

January 1, 1970

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J. M. W. Turner, c. 1840's; as quoted by George Walter Thornbury, in The life of J.M.W. Turner, Volume II; Hurst and Blackett Publishers, London, 1862, p. 130; Turner did not appear to be pleased with Ruskin's superlative eulogies, according to Peter Cunningham