Paint should not be applied thick. It should be like a breath on the surface of a pane of glass.
The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many. - James Whistler
The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many.
- James Whistler
Paint should not be applied thick. It should be like a breath on the surface of a pane of glass. - James Whistler
I remember that at one time I always made a drawing before going to bed!! - Of myself I mean - though I finally destroyed most of them. - James Whistler
I remember that at one time I always made a drawing before going to bed!! - Of myself I mean - though I finally destroyed most of them.
People will forgive anything but beauty and talent. So I am doubly unpardonable. - James Whistler
People will forgive anything but beauty and talent. So I am doubly unpardonable.
We look at a painting to know the painter; it's his company we are after, not his skill. - James Whistler
We look at a painting to know the painter; it's his company we are after, not his skill.
To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labour, is to say that it is incomplete and unfit for view. - James Whistler
To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labour, is to say that it is incomplete and unfit for view.
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
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.
The world is divided into two classes - invalids and nurses. - James Whistler
The world is divided into two classes - invalids and nurses.
Art happens-no hovel is safe from it, no prince may depend upon it, the vastest intelligence cannot bring it about. - James Whistler
Art happens-no hovel is safe from it, no prince may depend upon it, the vastest intelligence cannot bring it about.
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