I once compared the clouds in the sky to a painting by Turner. Big mistake. The person I was with dismissively  told me it was kind of a cliched thing to say. Later we laughed about it and it became a kind of private joke between us. But both things are true. They do look like Turner clouds and it is a cliche. But I still reach for my camera whenever I see those skies and wish that person who called it cliche was next to me.