The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

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I am not arguing with you-I am telling you.

James McNeill Whistler

The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

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Communication

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James McNeill Whistler

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The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

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English

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1890 1890s 19th century

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Whistler, James McNeill. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies. London: William Heinemann, 1890.

Art should be independent of all claptrap-should stand alone, and appeal to the artistic sense of eye or ear, without confounding this with emotions entirely foreign to it, as devotion, pity, love, patriotism, and the like. All these have no kind of concern with it.

James McNeill Whistler

The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

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Nature of art Art

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James McNeill Whistler

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The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

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English

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1890 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

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Whistler, James McNeill. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies. London: William Heinemann, 1890.