James McNeill Whistler Quote

A picture is finished when all trace of the means used to bring about the end has disappeared.


The Art of James McNeill Whistler: An Appreciation (ed. 1903)


A picture is finished when all trace of the means used to bring about the end has disappeared.

A picture is finished when all trace of the means used to bring about the end has disappeared.

A picture is finished when all trace of the means used to bring about the end has disappeared.

A picture is finished when all trace of the means used to bring about the end has disappeared.