James whistler

It takes a long time for a man to look like his portrait.

An artist's career always begins tomorrow.

You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe.

Work alone will efface the footsteps of work.

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.

You should not say it is not good. You should say you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe.

To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano.

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.

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

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