"Frederic Leighton to James McNeill Whistler: 'My dear Whistler, you leave your pictures in such a sketchy, unfinished state. Why don't you ever finish them?' James McNeill Whistler to Frederic Leighton: 'My dear Leighton, why do you ever begin yours?"

-- James Whistler

#States Quotes #Unfinished Quotes #Dear Quotes

“It was the same thing in the army, no respect. They gave me a uniform that glowed in the dark.”
“You have a touch in letter writing that is beyond me. Something unexpected, like coming round a corner in a rose garden and finding it still daylight.”
“Swing is so much more than a dance, it's a way of life. The music gets stuck in your mind and the dance is in your heart and the whole scene is engraved on your soul. You can fly.”
“I've worked with very few that I considered unpleasant. Dennis the Menace was a joy to work on.”
“I want to be able to fight for what I'm worth, not someone else's generosity.”
“I moved to cricket at a time when I was at the peak of my career, and I can guarantee you that no one else from Bollywood would have done that.”
“There are advantages to being the chairman. One of my favorite perks was picking out an issue and doing what I called a "deep dive." It's spotting a challenge where you think you can make a difference one that looks like it would be fun and then throwing the weight of your position behind it. Some might justifiably call it "meddling." I've often done this just about everywhere in the company.”
“Now he belongs to the ages.”

Source : Quoted in Century Illustrated Magazine, Jan. 1890

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