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

Quote by James Whistler

Topics: Genius Quotes

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

Work alone will efface the footsteps of work.

Work alone will efface the footsteps of work.

Work alone will efface the footsteps of work

Work alone will efface the footsteps of work

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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;...

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...

There is little friendship in the world, and least of all between equals.

There is little friendship in the world, and least of all between equals.

Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be...

Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be...

True friendship is seen through the heart, not through the eyes.

True friendship is seen through the heart, not through the eyes.

Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Be a friend to thyself and others will too

Be a friend to thyself and others will too