James Whistler Inspirational Quotes (28)

A student of James McNeill Whistler tells the great artist, 'I tend to paint what I see.' Whistler replies, 'Ah! The shock will come when you see what you paint!

The explanation is quite simple. I wished to be near my mother.

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.

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