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

The rare few, who, early in life, have rid themselves of the friendship of the many.

Industry in art is a necessity - not a virtue - and any evidence of the same, in the production, is a blemish, not a quality; a proof, not of achievement, but of absolutely insufficient work, for work alone will efface the footsteps of work.

Art is a goddess of dainty thought, reticent of habit, abjuring all obtrusiveness, purposing in no way to better others. She is, withal selfishly occupied with her own perfection only — having no desire to teach.