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> [I hate to paint portraits! I hope never to paint another portrait in my life. Portraiture may be all right for a man in his youth, but after forty I believe that manual dexterity deserts one, and, besides, the color-sense…](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/)

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## More by John Singer Sargent

> [I hate to paint portraits! I hope never to paint another portrait in my life. Portraiture may be all right for a man in…](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/)

> [A portrait is a picture in which there is just a tiny little something not quite right about the mouth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-singer-sargent/a-portrait-is-a-picture-in-which-there-is-just-a-tiny-little/)

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

> [A portrait is a painting with something wrong with the mouth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-singer-sargent/a-portrait-is-a-painting-with-something-wrong-with-the-mouth/)

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

> [“A portrait is a picture with something wrong with the mouth”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-singer-sargent/a-portrait-is-a-picture-with-something-wrong-with-the-mouth/)

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

> [A person with normal eyesight would have nothing to know in the way of 'Impressionism' unless he were in a blinding light or in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-singer-sargent/a-person-with-normal-eyesight-would-have-nothing-to-know-in-the-way/)

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

> [Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-singer-sargent/every-time-i-paint-a-portrait-i-lose-a-friend/)

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

> [Color is an inborn gift, but appreciation of value is merely training of the eye, which everyone ought to be able to acquire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-singer-sargent/color-is-an-inborn-gift-but-appreciation-of-value-is-merely-training/)

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

> [Cultivate an ever-continuous power of observation. Wherever you are, be always ready to make slight notes of postures, groups and incidents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-singer-sargent/cultivate-an-ever-continuous-power-of-observation-wherever-you-are-be/)

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

> [Cultivate an ever continuous power of observation. Wherever you are, be always ready to make slight notes of postures, groups and incidents. Store up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-singer-sargent/cultivate-an-ever-continuous-power-of-observation-wherever-you-are-be-2/)

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

> [I don't dig beneath the surface for things that don't appear before my own eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-singer-sargent/i-don-t-dig-beneath-the-surface-for-things-that-don-t-appear-before/)

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

> [It is certain that at certain times talent entirely overcomes thought or poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-singer-sargent/it-is-certain-that-at-certain-times-talent-entirely-overcomes-thought/)

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

> [Make the best of an emergency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-singer-sargent/make-the-best-of-an-emergency/)

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

> [You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-singer-sargent/you-can-t-do-sketches-enough-sketch-everything-and-keep-your/)

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

> [Mine is the horny hand of toil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-singer-sargent/mine-is-the-horny-hand-of-toil/)

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

> [If you begin with the middle-tone and work up from it toward the darks so that you deal last with your highest lights and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-singer-sargent/if-you-begin-with-the-middle-tone-and-work-up-from-it-toward-the/)

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

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