Art Quote by Alvin Langdon Coburn

A portrait, to be a work of art, neither must nor may resemble the sitter... one must paint its atmosphere.

— Umberto Boccioni

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

— Oscar Wilde

Painting has the ability to communicate something about the sitter that gets to his essence.

— Kehinde Wiley

every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. The sitter is merely the accident, the…

— Oscar Wilde

The artist who imagines that he puts his best into a portrait in order to produce something good, which will be a pleasure to…

— Jacob Epstein

What is a portrait good for, unless it shows just how the subject was seen by the painter? In the old days before photography…

— Aubrey Beardsley

Some sitters don't engage with the process of having their portrait painted at all. They'll think it's a good opportunity to catch up with…

— Stuart Pearson Wright

I sort of feel that the role of a portrait in society is to represent the sitters, we see paintings of Shakespeare and we…

— David Kassan

“every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. The sitter is merely the accident, the…

— Oscar Wilde

I painted two pictures of myself lately, one of which has rather the true character ... I always think photographs abominable, and I don't…

— Vincent Van Gogh

A good portrait is incredibly hard to create, there is too much temptation to pander to the individual rather than portray them as they…

— Philippe Halsman

I've always felt the portrait is an occasion for marks to happen. I've never viewed the portrait as about the sitter. Even when I…

— Toyin Odutola