James McNeill Whistler

James McNeill Whistler: Art happens --...

James McNeill Whistler: Art happens --...

Art happens -- no hovel is safe from it, no Prince may depend upon it, the vastest intelligence cannot bring it...

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James McNeill Whistler: To say to...

James McNeill Whistler: To say to...

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...

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James McNeill Whistler: If the man...

James McNeill Whistler: If the man...

If the man who paints only the tree, or flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist, the king of...

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James McNeill Whistler: To say of...

James McNeill Whistler: To say of...

To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labour, is to say that it is...

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James McNeill Whistler: You shouldn't say...

James McNeill Whistler: You shouldn't say...

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

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James McNeill Whistler: I can't tell...

James McNeill Whistler: I can't tell...

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

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James McNeill Whistler: If other people...

James McNeill Whistler: If other people...

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

Source: In The...

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James McNeill Whistler: An artist's career...

James McNeill Whistler: An artist's career...

An artist's career always begins tomorrow.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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James McNeill Whistler: Well, not bad,...

James McNeill Whistler: Well, not bad,...

Well, not bad, but there are decidedly too many of them, and they are not very well arranged. I would have done it...

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James McNeill Whistler: Listen! There never...

James McNeill Whistler: Listen! There never...

Listen! There never was an artistic period. There never was an Art-loving nation.

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