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. James Whistler Read Quote
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. James Whistler Read Quote
You should not say it is not good. You should say you do not like it; and then, you know, you’re perfectly safe. James Whistler Read Quote
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. James Whistler Read Quote
