You will never see a portrait of my love, for miracles are…

“He is your God, the one who is worthy of your praise, the one who has done mighty miracles that you yourself have seen.”

— Don Piper

Invite the Sacred to participate in your joy in little things, as well as in your agony over the great ones. There are as…

— Alice O. Howell

Believe in miracles. I have seen so many. They came when every indication would say that Hope was lost. Hope is never lost!

— Jeffrey R. Holland

Perhaps I have not lined his portrait too clearly. But if he exists, if only for the reason that I have imagined him to…

— Henry Miller

When painting portraits a lot of people say, 'Why not get a photograph of the person?' Photography is wonderful and it is an art…

— Jamie Wyeth

Nothing in a portrait is a matter of indifference. Gesture, grimace, clothing, decor even - all must combine to realize a character.

— Charles Baudelaire

My early childhood equipped me really well for my portrait work: The quick encounter, where you are not going to know the subject for…

— Annie Leibovitz

A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.

— Edward Steichen

Life is a series of family photos in which you keep moving to the rear until finally you're a portrait in the background.

— Robert Breault

Portrait painters' mission is to portray people and the beauty of Creation. They should stay clear of ego.

— Igor Babailov

Eloquence is a painting of thought; and thus those who, after having painted it, add something more, make a picture instead of a portrait.

— Blaise Pascal

A portrait is a picture in which there is just a tiny little something not quite right about the mouth.

— John Singer Sargent

Many times I see you as a portrait of torture.

— Ira Glass

In a portrait, you always leave part of yourself behind.

— Mary Ellen Mark

A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson