John Ruskin: 'The labour of two days is that for which you ask two hundred guineas?' Whistler: 'No. I ask it for the knowledge I have gained in the w… - James McNeill Whistler

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John Ruskin: 'The labour of two days is that for which you ask two hundred guineas?'
Whistler: 'No. I ask it for the knowledge I have gained in the work of a lifetime.'

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About James McNeill Whistler

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (10 July 1834 – 17 July 1903) was an American-born, British-based painter and etcher. Finding a parallel between painting and music, Whistler entitled many of his paintings 'arrangements', 'harmonies', and 'nocturnes'.

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Birth Name: James Abbot McNeill Whistler
Native Name: James Whistler
Alternative Names: James McNeil Whistler • James Abbott McNeil Whistler • James Abbott MacNeil Whistler • James Abbott Mcneill Whistler • James Abbott Whistler • James Mac Neill Whistler • James Mc Neill Whistler • James Mc. Neill Whistler • James Abbott McNeill Whistler • James Abbot M'Neill Whistler • James M'Neill Whistler • James Abbott M'Neill Whistler • James A. McNeill Whistler
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"The story of the beautiful," said Whistler, with the swagger that made all but his contemporaries love him, "is already complete—hewn in the marbles of the Parthenon, and broidered, with the birds, upon the fan of Hokusai—at the foot of Fuji-yama."
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