James Whistler

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision. ↗

— James Whistler

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If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible. ↗

— James Whistler

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I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring. ↗

— James Whistler

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I am not arguing with you - I am telling you. ↗

— James Whistler

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An artist's career always begins tomorrow. ↗

— James Whistler

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I maintain that two and two would continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five. ↗

— James Whistler

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It takes a long time for a man to look like his portrait. ↗

— James Whistler

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The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many. ↗

— James Whistler

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The vast majority of English folk cannot and will not consider a picture as a picture, apart from any story which it may be supposed to tell. ↗

— James Whistler

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To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano. ↗

— James Whistler

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