“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none.”

“I started this dirty quote business when I noticed that I only tend to read authors when their quotes convince me of wit and style. In a world overflowing with bad literature and corrupted product-...”

“I think theres a ton of fear in the perception of romance in part because theres something very realistic in great romance namely, that women have the right to demand relationships that are based ...”

“The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.”

“But instead of spending our lives running towards our dreams, we are often running away from a fear of failure or a fear of criticism.”

“The ugliest government is the one which is spreading fear to its own people! The finest government is the one which encourages its own people to criticize the government harshly.”