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James Whistler Quotes

People will forgive anything but beauty and talent. So I am doubly unpardonable Picture Quote #1

I always ask at once, ‘Do you drink?’ and if she says ‘No,’ I bow politely and say I am sorry but I fear she will not suit. All good cooks drink Picture Quote #1

I remember that at one time I always made a drawing before going to bed!! - Of myself I mean - though I finally destroyed most of them Picture Quote #1

Frederic Leighton to James McNeill Whistler: ‘My dear Whistler, you leave your pictures in such a sketchy, unfinished state. Why don’t you ever finish them?’ James McNeill Whistler to Frederic Leighton: ‘My dear Leighton, why do you ever begin yours? Picture Quote #1

Listen! There was never an artistic period. There was never an art-loving nation Picture Quote #1

The explanation is quite simple. I wished to be near my mother Picture Quote #1

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Mauve is just pink trying to be purple Picture Quote #1

Art is limited to the infinite, and beginning there cannot progress Picture Quote #1

An artist's career always begins tomorrow Picture Quote #1

Work alone will efface the footsteps of work Picture Quote #1

It takes a long time for a man to look like his portrait Picture Quote #1

If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible Picture Quote #1

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Nature is usually wrong Picture Quote #1

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision Picture Quote #1

I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring Picture Quote #1

Hang on the walls of your mind the memory of your successes. Take counsel of your strength, not your weakness. Think of the good jobs you have done. Think of the times when you rose above your average level of performance and carried out an idea or a dream or a desire for which you had deeply longed. Hang these pictures on the walls of your mind and look at them as you travel the roadway of life Picture Quote #1

We look at a painting to know the painter; it’s his company we are after, not his skill Picture Quote #1

Paint should not be applied thick. It should be like a breath on the surface of a pane of glass Picture Quote #1

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A picture is finished when all trace of the means used to bring about the end has disappeared Picture Quote #1

As light fades and the shadows deepen, all petty and exacting details vanish, everything trivial disappears, and I see things as they are in great strong masses: the buttons are lost, but the sitter remains; the sitter is lost, but the shadow remains; the shadow is lost, but the picture remains. And that, night cannot efface from the painter’s imagination Picture Quote #1

Nature is very rarely right, to such an extent even, that it might almost be said that nature is usually wrong Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many Picture Quote #1

You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe Picture Quote #1

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People will forgive anything but beauty and talent. So I am doubly unpardonable. (James Whistler Quotes) I always ask at once, ‘Do you drink?’ and if she says ‘No,’ I bow politely and say I am sorry but I fear she will not suit. All good cooks drink (James Whistler Quotes) I remember that at one time I always made a drawing before going to bed!! - Of myself I mean - though I finally destroyed most of them (James Whistler Quotes) Frederic Leighton to James McNeill Whistler: ‘My dear Whistler, you leave your pictures in such a sketchy, unfinished state. Why don’t you ever finish them?’ James McNeill Whistler to Frederic Leighton: ‘My dear Leighton, why do you ever begin yours? (James Whistler Quotes) Listen! There was never an artistic period. There was never an art-loving nation (James Whistler Quotes) The explanation is quite simple. I wished to be near my mother (James Whistler Quotes) Mauve is just pink trying to be purple (James Whistler Quotes) Art is limited to the infinite, and beginning there cannot progress (James Whistler Quotes) An artist's career always begins tomorrow (James Whistler Quotes) Work alone will efface the footsteps of work (James Whistler Quotes) It takes a long time for a man to look like his portrait (James Whistler Quotes) If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible (James Whistler Quotes) Nature is usually wrong (James Whistler Quotes) An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision (James Whistler Quotes) I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring (James Whistler Quotes) Hang on the walls of your mind the memory of your successes. Take counsel of your strength, not your weakness. Think of the good jobs you have done. Think of the times when you rose above your average level of performance and carried out an idea or a dream or a desire for which you had deeply longed. Hang these pictures on the walls of your mind and look at them as you travel the roadway of life (James Whistler Quotes) We look at a painting to know the painter; it’s his company we are after, not his skill (James Whistler Quotes) Paint should not be applied thick. It should be like a breath on the surface of a pane of glass (James Whistler Quotes) A picture is finished when all trace of the means used to bring about the end has disappeared (James Whistler Quotes) As light fades and the shadows deepen, all petty and exacting details vanish, everything trivial disappears, and I see things as they are in great strong masses: the buttons are lost, but the sitter remains; the sitter is lost, but the shadow remains; the shadow is lost, but the picture remains. And that, night cannot efface from the painter’s imagination (James Whistler Quotes) Nature is very rarely right, to such an extent even, that it might almost be said that nature is usually wrong (James Whistler Quotes) 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 Quotes) The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many (James Whistler Quotes) You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe (James Whistler Quotes)