I was sitting here without a shirt on, absentmindedly scratching my back with a pen for about five minutes and I just… — Jade Puget Copy Share Image
If you go back, 'The Great Gatsby' would be a portrait of the rich and fortune made by business. — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
He sat by her, watching every gesture she made, as if he would paint her portrait afterward. — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
A Daring Life: A Biography of Eudora Welty is a beautifully written portrait of Eudora Welty and her amazing life. Carolyn J.… — William R. Ferris Copy Share Image
Obviously a drawing of a person is not a real person, but a drawing of a line is a real line. — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
Many photographers feel their client is the subject. My client is a woman in Kansas who reads Vogue. I'm trying to intrigue,… — Irving Penn Copy Share Image
I used to try to draw my girlfriends. I think one of the most romantic things that anybody can do is draw… — Nick Carter Copy Share Image
Mann was less interested, I think, in constructing any kind of "portrait of an age" than he was in delineating an individual… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
Since Obama has expressed admiration for the portrait of Abraham Lincoln that Doris Kearns Goodwin paints in 'Team of Rivals,' he could… — Douglas Wilder Copy Share Image
Elizabeth Peyton, the artist known for tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant youth, is now painting tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant middle age. — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
I thought, 'Well, I'll amuse people a little bit.' During lunch hour, while everyone was off to the faculty club and this… — Joe Fafard Copy Share Image
When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
The humor for me is how far above your head the signature is - it's dislocated from the sign of the artist… — Laura Owens Copy Share Image
I have never painted a self-portrait. I am less interested in myself as a subject for a painting than I am in… — Gustav Klimt Copy Share Image
The way someone who's being photographed presents himself to the camera, and the effect of the photographer's response on that presence, is… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
The portrait of a person is one of the most difficult things to do. It means you must almost bring the presence… — Paul Strand Copy Share Image
I use the iPhone now for information. But with selfies, I don't know what those people are doing. It's like they believe… — Alex Katz Copy Share Image
When you are doing portraits, you have that intimacy with someone for a few minutes. For a really good portrait, you don't… — Giles Duley Copy Share Image
All my forebears worked for a living. My grandfather painted portraits. My mother too. My aunt painted seascapes. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
What could be more simple and more complex, more obvious and more profound than a portrait. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
I kept wanting to push my image as validity; I wanted to see my portrait on a wall and know it was… — Toyin Odutola Copy Share Image
A portrait of the young Charlie Parker with a degree of vivid detail never before approached. . . [Kansas City Lightning is]… — Tom Piazza Copy Share Image
The important thing is for the characters to feel real, and to be given the humanity they are due. That granting of… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
I wanted to translate from one flat surface to another.In fact, my learning disabilities controlled a lot of things. I don't recognize… — Chuck Close Copy Share Image
