James Mcneill Whistler

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

    This comes of James teaching me to think for myself, and never to hold back out of fear of what other people may think of me. It works beautifully as long as I think the same things as he does.
    George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    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)

    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)