“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
“I can’t tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.”
– James Whistler
“The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many.”
– James Whistler
“An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.”
– James Whistler
“Work alone will efface the footsteps of work.”
– James Whistler