James Whistler
James Whistler
James Abbott McNeill Whistlerwas an American artist, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. He was averse to sentimentality and moral allusion in painting, and was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake". His famous signature for his paintings was in the shape of a stylized butterfly possessing a long stinger for a tail. The symbol was apt, for it combined both aspects of his personality—his art was characterized by a...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth11 July 1834
CountryUnited States of America
James Whistler quotes about
If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.
We look at a painting to know the painter; it's his company we are after, not his skill.
Hang on the walls of your mind the memory of your successes. Take counsel of your strength, not your weakness. Think of the good jobs you have done. Think of the times when you rose above your average level of performance and carried out an idea or a dream or a desire for which you had deeply longed. Hang these pictures on the walls of your mind and look at them as you travel the roadway of life.
An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.
You should not say it is not good. You should say you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe.
You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe.
Had silicon been a gas, I would have been a major general