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title: "7 Paint Portraits Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Paint Portraits quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Paint Portraits sayings and thoughts."
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> [People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/people-don-t-have-time-to-wait-for-somebody-to-paint-their-portraits/)

[Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/robert-mapplethorpe-11315_money_people-don-t-have-time-to-wait-for-someb_53320.jpg)

> [I hate to paint portraits! I hope never to paint another portrait in my life. Portraiture may be all right for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-singer-sargent/i-hate-to-paint-portraits-i-hope-never-to-paint-another-portrait-in/)

[John Singer Sargent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-singer-sargent/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ed/john-singer-sargent-27247_artist_i-hate-to-paint-portraits-i-hope-never-t_71615.jpg)

> [I do not care to paint portraits indoors. I cannot feel sympathetic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joaquin-sorolla/i-do-not-care-to-paint-portraits-indoors-i-cannot-feel-sympathetic/)

[Joaquin Sorolla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joaquin-sorolla/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/joaquin-sorolla-31054_artist_i-do-not-care-to-paint-portraits-indoors_252772.png)

> [I think I was driven to paint portraits to commit images of friends and family to memory. I have face blindness, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-close/i-think-i-was-driven-to-paint-portraits-to-commit-images-of-friends/)

[Chuck Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-close/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c4/chuck-close-4781_artist_i-think-i-was-driven-to-paint-portraits_686262.jpg)

> [I never wanted to be commissioned to paint portraits. I like to choose my own subject and make a character study from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dobell/i-never-wanted-to-be-commissioned-to-paint-portraits-i-like-to-choose/)

[William Dobell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-dobell/)

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> [A man cannot paint portraits till he has seen faces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-nestell-bovee/a-man-cannot-paint-portraits-till-he-has-seen-faces/)

[Christian Nestell Bovee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-nestell-bovee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afa/christian-nestell-bovee-1003_artist_a-man-cannot-paint-portraits-till-he-has_2474265.png)

> [Kenneth Hari does not paint portraits as they are but as he is. I feel he is hiding something from me. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/kenneth-hari-does-not-paint-portraits-as-they-are-but-as-he-is-i-feel/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f8/tennessee-williams-745_adventure_kenneth-hari-does-not-paint-portraits-as_2804757.jpg)

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