Mr. Turner Quotes

  • [last lines]

    J.M.W. Turner: The sun is God! Ha ha ha!

  • J.M.W. Turner: Mr. Ruskin, can I pose you a somewhat "conundruous" question?

    John Ruskin: Please do, Mr. Turner.

    J.M.W. Turner: To which do you find yourself the more partial: a steak and kidney pie or veal and ham pie?

    [crowd laughs]

  • J.M.W. Turner: Flanders, still as flat as a witch's tit.

  • J.M.W. Turner: No good deed goes unpunished.

Extended Reading
  • Kailey 2022-03-24 09:03:43

    Elegant and dull, but every plot setting is accurate, with a few group scenes that remind me of The Golden Age. However, as a biopic with no climax, this film is conservative and straightforward, and it is inferior. Marion Bailey, who played Turner's mistress brilliantly, also starred in Director Lee's Vera Drake. As a digression, the Rome, From Mount Aventine, which was scrutinized at Sotheby's last year, later sold for a record-breaking price.

  • Polly 2022-03-25 09:01:22

    Great photography and lighting, great acting. But the whole 150 minutes were quite messy, and the more I watched, the less I understood Mr. Turner.