Famous quotes containing the words mcneill whistler, james, mcneill and/or whistler:
“Yes, madam, Nature is creeping up.”
—James Mcneill Whistler (18341903)
“Fowls in the frith,
Fishes in the flood,
And I must wax wod:
Much sorrow I walk with
For best of bone and blood.”
—Unknown. Fowls in the Frith. . .
Oxford Book of Short Poems, The. P. J. Kavanagh and James Michie, eds. Oxford University Press.
“Ruskins counsel: The labour of two days ... is that for which you ask two hundred guineas?
Whistler: No: I ask it for the knowledge of a lifetime.”
—James Mcneill Whistler (18341903)
“Mr. Whistler always spelt art, and we believe still spells it, with a capital I.”
—Oscar Wilde (18541900)