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

Quote by James Whistler

Topics: Genius Quotes

An artist's career always begins tomorrow.

An artist's career always begins tomorrow.

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

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

Art happens no hovel is safe from it, no Prince may depend upon it, the...

Art happens no hovel is safe from it, no Prince may depend upon it, 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.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Work alone will efface the footsteps of work

Work alone will efface the footsteps of work

The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at any time,...

The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at any time,...

Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.

Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.

We are all brothers under the skin - and I, for one, would be willing...

We are all brothers under the skin - and I, for one, would be willing...

When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box

When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working...

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working...

'Tis better that a man's own works, than that another man's words should praise him

'Tis better that a man's own works, than that another man's words should praise him