Turner - whether on canvas or paper - can create almost measurable distances of space and air - air that you can draw, in which you can work out what the section through it would be. The space he creates is not emptiness; it is filled with 'solid' atmosphere.


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THOMAS MOORE
Cheek . . . Flushing white and mellow'd red; Gradual tints, as when there glows In snowy...
THOMAS MOORE
There written all Black as the damning drops that fall From the denouncing Angel's pen, ...
THOMAS MOORE
Impatience is the mark of independence not of bondage.
MARIANNE MOORE
Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage
MARIANNE MOORE
Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its or...
ALAN MOORE
Eve: All this riot and uproar, V... is this Anarchy? Is this the Land of Do-As-You-Please? ALAN MOORE Anarchy wears two faces, both creator and destroyer. Thus destroyers topple empires; make a canvas o...
ALAN MOORE
Equality and freedom are not luxuries to lightly cast aside. Without them, order cannot long endure ...
ALAN MOORE
You were already in a prison. You've been in a prison all your life. Happiness is a prison, Evey. Ha...
ALAN MOORE
The ending is nearer than you think, and it is already written. All that we have left to choose is t...
ALAN MOORE
There's no flesh or blood within this cloak to kill. There's only an idea. Ideas are bulletproof.
ALAN MOORE
Your pretty empire took so long to build, now, with a snap of history's fingers, down it goes.
ALAN MOORE
But what I hope most of all is that you understand what I mean when I tell you that even though I do...
ALAN MOORE
Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations and it is much, much louder than they ...
ALAN MOORE
It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses, ...
ALAN MOORE
Evey Hammond: Who are you?
V: Who? Who is but the form following the function of what and what...
ALAN MOORE
The past can't hurt you anymore. Not unless you let it. They made you into a victim, Evey. They made...
ALAN MOORE
They say that life's a game, & then they take the board away.
ALAN MOORE
Love your rage, not your cage.
ALAN MOORE
God is in the rain.
ALAN MOORE
I know there's no way I can convince you this is not one of their tricks, but I don't care, I am me....
ALAN MOORE
Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their powe...
ALAN MOORE
Since mankind's dawn, a handful of oppressors have accepted the responsibility over our lives that w...
ALAN MOORE
I shall die here. Every last inch of me shall perish. Except one. An inch. It's small and it's fragi...
ALAN MOORE
Happiness is the most insidious prison of all.
ALAN MOORE
Remember, remember the fifth of November of gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the ...
ALAN MOORE
Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it.
ALAN MOORE
Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found som...
ALAN MOORE
Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybo...
ALAN MOORE