“Oscar Wilde: "I wish I had said that." Whistler: "You will, Oscar; you will.”

“Two and two continue to make four in spite of the whine of the amateur for three or the cry of the critic for five.”

“Nature is usually wrong.”

“Two and two continue to make four in spite of the whine of the amateur for three or the cry of the critic for five.”

“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.”

“All colours are the friends of their neighbours and the lovers of their opposites.”

“Sir when their backsides look good enough to slap there's nothing more to do.”

“A painter who has the feel of breasts and buttocks is saved.”

“They make me...they make me think of being stuck somewhere? I don't know, like weighted down, but then these patches...”

“In painting, three things must be considered - the position of the viewer, the position of the object viewed, and the position of the light that illuminates the object.”

“Talent is nothing more than a pursued interest.”