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

Quote by James Whistler

Topics: Genius Quotes

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.

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;...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

Work alone will efface the footsteps of work.

Work alone will efface the footsteps of work.

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

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

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...

The great God endows His children variously. To some he gives intellect -- and they...

The great God endows His children variously. To some he gives intellect -- and they...

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

I do have concerns about the current efforts to restructure our nation's intelligence community.

I do have concerns about the current efforts to restructure our nation's intelligence community.

Undernourished, intelligence becomes like the bloated belly of a starving child: swollen, filled with nothing...

Undernourished, intelligence becomes like the bloated belly of a starving child: swollen, filled with nothing...

You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to...

You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to...