Portraits Quotes

It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loathe to sit for his portrait.

A great portrait is always more a portrait of the painter than of the painted.

I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me; otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it.

There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.

When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form...through successive eliminations, you arrive inevitably at the egg.  Likewise, starting with the egg and following the same process in reverse, one finishes with the portrait.

Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

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