62 Quotes by James Whistler

I am not arguing with you – I am telling you.

The world is divided into two classes – invalids and nurses.

We look at a painting to know the painter; it’s his company we are after, not his skill.

I can’t tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.

I remember that at one time I always made a drawing before going to bed!! – Of myself I mean – though I finally destroyed most of them.

You shouldn’t say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it; and then, you know, you’re perfectly safe.

Can’t a person be born where they want to be born?

An artist's career always begins tomorrow.