"My business is to paint what I see, not what I know is there."
— J. M. W. Turner

January 1, 1970

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Alternative quote: My job is to paint what I see, not what I know — As quoted in: George Seferis (1999) A Poet's Journal: Days of 1945-1951. p. 105