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 Copy Share Image
Nature is very rarely right, to such an extent even, that it might almost be said that nature is usually wrong... — James Whistler Copy Share Image
I always ask at once, 'Do you drink?' and if she says 'No,' I bow politely and say I am sorry but I fear… — James Whistler Copy Share Image
Art is a goddess of dainty thought, reticent of habit, abjuring all obtrusiveness, purposing in no way to better others. She is, withal selfishly… — James Whistler Copy Share Image
To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labour, is to say that it… — James Whistler Copy Share Image
I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring. — James Whistler Copy Share Image
I remember that at one time I always made a drawing before going to bed!! - Of myself I mean - though I finally… — James Whistler Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
As music is the poetry of sound, so is painting the poetry of sight and the subject-matter has nothing to do with harmony of… — James Whistler Copy Share Image
As light fades and the shadows deepen, all petty and exacting details vanish, everything trivial disappears, and I see things as they are in… — James Whistler Copy Share Image
