I maintain that two and two would continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.
From James Whistler
To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labour, is to say that it is incomplete and unfit for view.
I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.
I am not arguing with you - I am telling you.
It takes a long time for a man to look like his portrait.
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; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe.
If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.
Work alone will efface the footsteps of work.
An artist's career always begins tomorrow.
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