A portrait, to be a work of art, neither must nor may resemble the sitter... one must paint its atmosphere. — Umberto Boccioni Copy Share Image
Say you are doing a portrait and the face is perfectly done, but the rest of it is done in brushstrokes. That… — Michael Snow Copy Share Image
Portrait The world spreads out on either side no farther than the heart is wide. — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
To anyone who has served in Washington, there is something oddly familiar about [having your portrait painted]. First, you're painted into a… — Warren Christopher Copy Share Image
I painted with my husband a portrait of a naked Serge Gainsbourg draped with a French flag, and it hangs in our… — Stephanie Szostak Copy Share Image
I also remember when I watched Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer [1990] at, like, age 15. That scared the crap out… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
I never paint a portrait from a photograph, because a photograph doesn't give enough information about what the person feels. — Francesco Clemente Copy Share Image
Krys Lee has written a book of unforgettable stories, each one building on the other to create a complex, moving portrait of… — Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Copy Share Image
Winckelmann wished to live with a work of art as a friend. The saying is true of pen and pencil. Fresh lustre… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
A writer has to take all the risks of putting down what he sees. No one can tell him about that. No… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
Well, I do not mind telling you I have been at work upon this geometry of Four Dimensions for some time. Some… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph. — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
We prefer to go deformed and distorted all our lives rather than not resemble the portrait of ourselves which we ourselves have… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
It took the Metropolitan Museum of Art nearly 50 years to wake up to Pablo Picasso. It didn't own one of his… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
My paintings are loosely based on meta narratives. The pictures float in and out of pictorial genres. Still life's become personified, portraits… — Dana Schutz Copy Share Image
While I can hire out the portrait, I don't, because it's just - that's where I shine. You know, that's my blood… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
I think I'm predominantly known for my portraits. Obviously in my work there are landscape or stilllife elements, but mainly my work… — Ari Marcopoulos Copy Share Image
Tim Thornton's portrait of a pop culture obsession is so convincing that one can't help wishing that his fictional alt rock band… — Jay McInerney Copy Share Image
Potluck Supper with Meeting to Follow is a marvel, deftly examining the connections between art and everyday life. Andy Sturdevant's lively, unique… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
I find it rare to see truly complex portraits of women on film. — Nicole Nielsen Horanyi Copy Share Image
The social or economic structure of the ideal state is of little concern to me. My desires are modest. Portraits of the… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
