Felt Quote by Anthony Powell

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

— Oscar Wilde

One is never satisfied with a portrait of persons whom one knows. That is why I have always pitied portraitists. One demands so seldom…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.

— Alexander Smith

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 sometimes find the surface interesting. To say that the mark of a good portrait is whether you get them or get the soul…

— Annie Leibovitz

Perceptions are portraits, not photographs, and their form reveals the artist’s hand every bit as much as it reflects the things portrayed

— Daniel Gilbert

It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to sit for…

— Max Beerbohm

In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may not be literally what's going on, but it's representative.

— Annie Leibovitz

Every single person is unlike anyone else. Therefore, in creating a portrait of someone... we must look carefully to catch that particular unique quality.…

— Alton Tobey

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

Portraits are supposed to "look within," but in my opinion very few people have an interior significantly different from the outside portrait.

— Jon Witcomb

The reason some portraits don't look true to life is that some people make no effort to resemble their pictures.

— Salvador Dali