The vast majority of English folk cannot and will not consider a picture as a picture, apart from any story which it may be supposed to tell.

Quote by James Whistler

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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.

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

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

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.

An artist's career always begins tomorrow.

An artist's career always begins tomorrow.

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 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...

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.

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...

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 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...

Vegetables are organized bodies that grow on the dry areas of the globe and within...

Vegetables are organized bodies that grow on the dry areas of the globe and within...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

For greed, all nature is too little.

For greed, all nature is too little.

Life is an error-making and an error-correcting process, and nature in marking man's papers will...

Life is an error-making and an error-correcting process, and nature in marking man's papers will...

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.