Quote by James Whistler
An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision. - James Wh

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision. – James Whistler

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To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano. – James Whistler

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It ought to be illegal for an artist to marry. If the artist must marry let him find someone more interested in art, or his art, or the artist part of him, than in him. After which let them take tea together three times a week. – Ezra Pound

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Every artist writes his own autobiography. – Havelock Ellis

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A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art. – Paul Cezanne

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Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I dont believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Arts sake. – E. M. Forster

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