James Mcneill Whistler

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    Yes, madam, Nature is creeping up.
    —James Mcneill Whistler (1834–1903)

    The difference between objective and subjective extension is one of relation to a context solely.
    —William James (1842–1910)

    Ruskin’s 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 (1834–1903)

    Mr. Whistler always spelt art, and we believe still spells it, with a capital “I.”
    Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)