The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

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The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies is a book by the painter James McNeill Whistler published in 1890. The book was in part a response to, in part a transcript of, Whistler's famous libel suit against critic John Ruskin. Ruskin, in a review of the inaugural showing at the Grosvenor Gallery, had referred to Whistler's painting Nocturne in Black and Gold:The Falling Rocket as "flinging a pot of paint in the publics' face." The book contains Whistler's letters to newspapers chronicling his many petty grievances against various acquaintances and friends.

"The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies" is also a track on the album King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime by Faith No More.


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