11 July: James Abbott McNeill Whistler Quotes

Born on this date in 1834 was James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Here are some quotes from him about art and life.

1. An artist is not paid for his labour but for his vision.
2. Hang on the walls of your mind the memory of your successes. Take counsel of your strength, not your weakness. Think of the good jobs you have done. Think of the times when you rose above your average level of performance and carried out an idea or a dream or a desire for which you had deeply longed. Hang these pictures on the walls of your mind and look at them as you travel the roadway of life.
3. People will forgive anything but beauty and talent. So I am doubly unpardonable.
4. You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe.
5. I am not arguing with you - I am telling you.
6. Mauve is just pink trying to be purple.
7. I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.
8. The world is divided into two classes - invalids and nurses.
9. I maintain that two and two would continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.
10. If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.

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