Art happens no hovel is safe from it, no Prince may depend upon it, the vastest intelligence cannot bring it about, and puny efforts to make it universal end in quaint comedy, and coarse farce.

Quote by James Whistler

Topics: Intelligence Quotes

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

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

I am not arguing with you - I am telling you.

I am not arguing with you - I am telling you.

To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is...

To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is...

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it;...

You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it;...

Work alone will efface the footsteps of work

Work alone will efface the footsteps of work

I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.

I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.

The vast majority of English folk cannot and will not consider a picture as a...

The vast majority of English folk cannot and will not consider a picture as a...

If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.

If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.

Work alone will efface the footsteps of work.

Work alone will efface the footsteps of work.

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

The vast majority of English folk cannot and will not consider a picture as a...

The vast majority of English folk cannot and will not consider a picture as a...

An artist's career always begins tomorrow.

An artist's career always begins tomorrow.

I maintain that two and two would continue to make four, in spite of the...

I maintain that two and two would continue to make four, in spite of the...

It takes a long time for a man to look like his portrait.

It takes a long time for a man to look like his portrait.

There are so many things a large intelligence espionage organization can do to justify its...

There are so many things a large intelligence espionage organization can do to justify its...

By the 2030s, the nonbiological portion of our intelligence will predominate.

By the 2030s, the nonbiological portion of our intelligence will predominate.

State intelligence, like military intelligence and woman friend, is a contradiction in terms.

State intelligence, like military intelligence and woman friend, is a contradiction in terms.

Cynicism: The intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.

Cynicism: The intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.