Nocturne In Whistler's Style

James Abbot McNeil Whistler was once accused* of 'throwing a pot of paint in the public's face and making them pay for it!" When asked how a painting that took scarcely five minutes to paint could possibly be worth £200 (and this was in the 19th century) he replied that they took five minutes to paint after 'a lifetime's experience'.

*By Ruskin, Whistler even started a libel action over it www.theguardian.com/culture/20… ]