"I can't tell you if genius is hereditary,……" — James Whistler
"I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring."
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James Whistler
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41 Quotes by James Whistler
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Listen! There was never an artistic period. There was never an art-loving nation.
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As music is the poetry of sound, so is painting the poetry of sight and the subject-matter has nothing to…
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You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it; and then, you know, you're…
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Work alone will efface the footsteps of work.
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We look at a painting to know the painter; it's his company we are after, not his skill.
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Nature contains the elements, in colour and form, of all pictures, as the keyboard contains the notes of all music.…
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Hang on the walls of your mind the memory of your successes. Take counsel of your strength, not your weakness.…
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The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many.
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The world is divided into two classes - invalids and nurses.
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Mauve is just pink trying to be purple.
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If the man who paints only the tree, or flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist,…
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Paint should not be applied thick. It should be like a breath on the surface of a pane of glass.
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I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let…
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The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.
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