Damn gentlemen. There is not such a set of enemies to a real artist in the world as they are, if not kept at a proper distance.


letter to the musician William Jackson, 2 September 1767; Mary Woodall (ed.) The Letters of Thomas Gainsborough (1961)

Thomas Gainsborough Quotes

Damn gentlemen. There is not such a set of enemies to a real artist in the world as they are, if not kept at a proper distance.

Damn gentlemen. There is not such a set of enemies to a real artist in the world as they are, if not kept at a proper distance.

Damn gentlemen. There is not such a set of enemies to a real artist in the world as they are, if not kept at a proper distance.

Damn gentlemen. There is not such a set of enemies to a real artist in the world as they are, if not kept at a proper distance.