James Whistler Quotes

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.
James Whistler

Art, Vision, Artist

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

Impossible, Talk, Becomes

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

Intelligence, Tell, Genius

I am not arguing with you - I am telling you.
James Whistler

Arguing, Telling

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

Life, Friendship, Few

An artist's career always begins tomorrow.
James Whistler

Tomorrow, Career, Artist

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

Good, Safe, Perfectly

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

Two, Cry, Three

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

Time, Long, Takes

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

May, Cannot, Tell

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

Nature, May, She

Work alone will efface the footsteps of work.
James Whistler

Work, Alone, Footsteps

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: July 14, 1834

Died: July 17, 1903

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