My self portrait shows a man that the wealth tortured, self-absorbed with his own self-forfeit. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Because every book of art, be it a poem or a cupola, is understandably a self-portrait of its author, we won't strain… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
I have read all of Daniel Aaron's books, and admired them, but in The Americanist I believe he has composed an intellectual… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
“If originality is a “sense of novelty and freshness” then, in the act of constructing ourselves, originality is not the goal. We… — Gabby Bess Copy Share Image
Everyone thinks these are self-portraits but they aren't meant to be. I just use myself as a model because I know I… — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
“If you come a little closer you will see that I am depicted as having three penises. Of course I’m not insinuating… — Colin Nissan 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
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
One is never satisfied with the portrait of a person that one knows. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
There are ways of angling the camera. I don't just use a tripod. The only time I did that was in '88… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
I've had a reoccurring dream about hanging out with Britney Spears, so maybe it would be fun to chill with her for… — Gabriel Mann Copy Share Image
I imagine John Watson thinks love’s a mystery to me, but the chemistry is incredibly simple and very destructive. When we first… — Mark Gatiss Copy Share Image
I felt that the beach portraits were all self-portraits. That moment of unease, that attempt to find a pose, it was all… — Rineke Dijkstra Copy Share Image
I do not care about my own appearance, but I would hope that people could see into my soul, and that is… — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
“And if what they say is true--if every great painting is really a self-portrait--what, if anything, is Fabritius saying about himself?” — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
Self-deceit is a most damaging trait. The remedy, for an artist, is to paint a self-portrait! — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
I think self-portraits are very difficult. I’ve always seen mine as straightforward, very stripped down, hair pulled back. No shirt. Whatever light… — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
Everything is a self-portrait. A diary. Your whole drug history’s in a strand of your hair. Your fingernails. The forensic details. The… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Along with some of the worst music of Bob Dylan's career ("Self-Portrait," 1970), this period produced some gems - including many songs… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
Many of Bonnard's later paintings are shot through with a powerful sense of morbidity. The self-portraits he painted after catching sight of… — Andrew Graham-Dixon Copy Share Image
“Time moves through the pages of your thoughts like a history lesson posed for a self portrait in the mirror of the… — Calvin W. Allison Copy Share Image
Understand this: we are both tiny and massive. We are nothing more than molded clay given breath, but we are nothing less… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
Chess hasn't really influenced my literature. It's true, there's a character in Pigeon Post, an old chess player; but it's more of… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
“I still don’t know what kind of woman I am. But as the flame nears the fingers that trust the match, as… — Ashley Toliver Copy Share Image
