"The rare few, who, early in life have……" — James Whistler

The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the… - James Whistler

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

— 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.
As music is the poetry of sound, so is painting the poetry of sight and the subject-matter has nothing to…
You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it; and then, you know, you're…
Work alone will efface the footsteps of work.
We look at a painting to know the painter; it's his company we are after, not his skill.
Nature contains the elements, in colour and form, of all pictures, as the keyboard contains the notes of all music.…
Hang on the walls of your mind the memory of your successes. Take counsel of your strength, not your weakness.…
The world is divided into two classes - invalids and nurses.
Mauve is just pink trying to be purple.
If the man who paints only the tree, or flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist,…
Paint should not be applied thick. It should be like a breath on the surface of a pane of glass.
Art is a goddess of dainty thought, reticent of habit, abjuring all obtrusiveness, purposing in no way to better others.…

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More Early Quotes

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Get this in mind early: We never grow up. — Richard Bach
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The corruption in reporting starts very early. It's like the police reporting on the police. — Julian Assange
I'm absolutely strict about it. When I land, I put my watch right, and I don't care what I feel… — David Attenborough
My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was… — Chinua Achebe
I learned to read very early so I could read the comics, which I then started to draw. — Margaret Atwood
I was warped early by Ray Bradbury and Edgar Allan Poe. I was very fond of Franz Kafka. — Margaret Atwood
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They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life. — Jane Austen
I've learned not to look at reviews. Early on, I did. I was always curious. — Paul Auster
Very few of the early Italian humanists were really humane. — Irving Babbitt
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