James Mcneill Whistler

Quotes

• “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.”
• “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.”
• “Oscar Wilde: "I wish I had said that." Whistler: "You will, Oscar; you will.”