Quote#Happiness
I say I can't thank you too much for the name 'Nocturne' as a title…
Quote byJames McNeill Whistler · 1834–1903
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Posthumously published, Anderson and Koval, p. 186; as quoted on the English Wikipedia.
English (original)
I say I can't thank you too much for the name 'Nocturne' as a title for my moonlights! You have no idea what an irritation it proves to the critics and consequent pleasure to me — besides it is really so charming and does so poetically say all that I want to say and no more than I wish.
— James McNeill Whistler
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