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James Whistler [1834-1903] American Rank: 104 Artist, Fictional Character Alone, Art, Friendship, Intelligence, Work

Quote	Tags	Rank
An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.	Art	101
Work alone will efface the footsteps of work.	Alone, Work	102
An artist's career always begins tomorrow.		103
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.		104
The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many.	Friendship	105
I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.	Intelligence	106
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.		107
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.		108
If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.		109
I am not arguing with you - I am telling you.		110
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.		111
You should not say it is not good. You should say you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe.		112
You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe.		113
It takes a long time for a man to look like his portrait.		114

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