Famous quotes containing the words mcneill whistler, james, mcneill and/or whistler:
“If the man who paints only the tree, or flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist, the king of artists would be the photographer. It is for the artist to do something beyond this: in portrait painting to put on canvas something more than the face the model wears for that one day; to paint the man, in short, as well as his features.”
—James Mcneill Whistler (1834–1903)
“The time-honored bread-sauce of the happy ending.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)
“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)
“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 Mcneill Whistler (1834–1903)