Art Quote by Amanda Foreman

The Photograph is an extended, loaded evidence — as if it caricatured not the figure of what it represents (quite the converse) but its…

— Roland Barthes

“Later, when she sees the photographs for the first time, she will be surprised at how calm her face looks - how steady her…

— Anita Shreve

The picture of me is nearly finished, and I think it is magnificent. The green and blue of the dress is splendid, and the…

— Ellen Terry

A portrait is not a likeness. The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but…

— Richard Avedon

The photograph is a coarse fraud, and seems to delight only in taking the whole beauty out of the picture.

— Henry Adams

The writer's Queen Victoria is his public, and he would do well to keep a bust of the old Queen on his desk with…

— Henry Watson Fowler

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

My original idea was to photograph Princess Diana in her tiara. But then I thought, am I interested in seeing another picture of her…

— Mario Testino

A photograph presents itself not only as a visual representation, but as evidence, more convincing than a painting because of the unimpeachable mechanical means…

— John Updike

“I think that a good portrait reveals a suggestion of the subject’s mind, and not just a representation of how they look. It’s by…

— Elizabeth Ross

“I’ve started to question if the flaws on the finished photograph aren’t an integral part of the portrait: soft focus, underexposure, poorly applied emulsion,…

— Elizabeth Ross

Elizabeth Kennedy is so chic. Her gowns have such structure, I feel like a work of art.

— Mindy Kaling