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James McNeill Whistler (Painter)

Art is a goddess of dainty thought, reticent of habit, abjuring all obtrusiveness, purposing in no way to better others. She is, withal selfishly occupied with her own perfection only — having no desire to teach.

— James McNeill Whistler god

To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labor, is to say that it is incomplete and unfit for view.Propositions, 2

— James McNeill Whistler praise

Industry in art is a necessity - not a virtue - and any evidence of the same, in the production, is a blemish, not a quality; a proof, not of achievement, but of absolutely insufficient work, for work alone will efface the footsteps of work.Propositions, 2

— James McNeill Whistler art

The masterpiece should appear as the flower to the painter—perfect in its bud as in its bloom - with no reason to explain its presence - no mission to fulfill - a joy to the artist, a delusion to the philanthropist - a puzzle to the botanist - an accident of sentiment and alliteration to the literary man.Propositions, 2

— James McNeill Whistler time

It is for the artist.. ..in portrait painting to put on canvas something more than the face the model wears for that one day; to paint the man, in short, as well as his features.Propositions, 2

— James McNeill Whistler art

Two and two continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.Whistler v. Ruskin

— James McNeill Whistler cry

I say I cant thank you too much for the name Nocturne as a title for my moonlights! You have no idea what an irritation it proves to the critics and consequent pleasure to me — besides it is really so charming and does so poetically say all that I want to say and no more than I wish.Anderson and Koval, p. 186; as quoted on the English Wikipedia

— James McNeill Whistler light

The Gentle Art of Making Enemies : As Pleasingly Exemplified In Many Instances, Wherein The Serious Ones Of This Earth, Carefully Exasperated, Have Been Prettily Spurred On To Unseemliness And Indiscretion, While Overcome By An Undue Sense Of Right

— James McNeill Whistler art

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