Family Portraits Quotes

Photography freed painting from a lot of tiresome chores, starting with family portraits.

— Pierre-Auguste Renoir

A study of family portraits is enough to convert a man to the theory of reincarnation.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“The table was a pool of candlelight -- so bright that the rest of the room seemed almost black, with the faces…

— Dodie Smith

Of what use are pedigrees, or to be thought of noble blood, or the display of family portraits, O Ponticus?

— Juvenal

“Why do these big old country houses always have family portraits in the dining room? Do you really want to eat with…

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

For proper family portraits it's best to stick with classic, timeless looks that will not only be beautiful now but also in…

— George Kotsiopoulos

“There goes the dismantled—Love has fallen off her wall. A religious woman,” he thought to himself, “without the joy and safety of…

— Djuna Barnes

“You do not see any improvements you would make?" Miss Harding's smile turned mischievous. "Not at present. But I should have to…

— Amanda McCabe

“I see it for what is is, now. It is a house built on ashes. Ashes of the life Granddad shared with…

— E. Lockhart

“One has to imagine the impact of Paddy on an old count from eastern Europe, barely able to live off his much-diminished…

— Artemis Cooper

“An important dimension of Tess of the d’Urbervilles is its debt to the oral tradition; to stories about wronged milkmaids, tales of…

— Geoffrey Harvey

“The whole party rose accordingly, and under Mrs. Rushworth's guidance were shewn through a number of rooms, all lofty, and many large,…

— Jane Austen