"To say to the painter that Nature is……" — James Whistler

To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as… - James Whistler

"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

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

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