#whistler

There I was, an 18-year-old mimic rooming with a blind whistler. ↗

— Arthur Hailey

#i #mimic #whistler

Nevertheless, we react to one a bit differently than we do to Rothko’s hovering panels or Barnett Newman’s stripes, though Whistler does approach their extremity of abstraction; part of our pleasure lies in recognizing bridges and buildings in the mist, and in sensing the damp riverine silence, the glimmering metropolitan presence. … The painting - a single blurred stripe of urban shore - is additionally daring in that the sky and sea are no shade of blue, but, instead, an improbable, pervasive cobalt green. Human vision is here taken to its limits, and modern painting, as a set of sensations realized in paint, is achieved. ↗

— John Updike

#art #james-mcneill-whistler #art

Bottom line is, even if you see 'em coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So what are we, helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come. You can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#changes #inspirational #life #self-determination #self-discovery

Whistler,' Manet called. 'How's your mother? ↗

— Christopher Moore

#manet #whistler #art

But, I understand that Black Comb and Whistler are supposed to be great for snowboarding. So I am looking forward to going there someday soon. ↗

— Bridget Hall

#black #comb #forward #going #great

The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning after. ↗

— Tallulah Bankhead

#before #behave #her #i #less

There I was, an 18-year-old mimic rooming with a blind whistler. ↗

— Art Carney

#i #mimic #whistler