His Picture Quotes

33 quotes by 30 authors

My dad was an architect, and he wasn't a rich guy, but in our little world in Philadelphia, he was famous. He loved to see… — Kevin Bacon
A hundred things may come up to distract him and attempt to drive him away, but his picture is of paramount importance. — Roger McDonald
A portrait photographer depends upon another person to complete his picture. The subject imagined, which in a sense is me, must be discovered in someone… — Richard Avedon
Reader look, not on his picture but his book. — Ben Jonson
We may be able to tell how many stars are in the Milky Way; we may be able to count the petals of every flower,… — Henry Van Dyke
Brubeck, for instance, is not careless. He's a studied guy. And even if his picture ends up on the back cover of Life, he's still… — Eddie Condon
Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself. Thou must bleed for me. Therefore the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Before a painter puts a brush to his canvas, he sees his picture mentally.... If you think of yourself in terms of a painting, what… — Thomas Dreier
I know a little about Hack (Wilson) because his picture is next to my locker. I am lucky to be there at the right time.… — Sammy Sosa
I have parents come up to me and say, 'I don't know who you are, but my kid wants his picture taken with you. — Devon Werkheiser
If all the qualities which a painter took from the model for his picture were really taken, no person could be painted twice. — Lucian Freud
A real artist may create his picture in a lonely desert... gods look over his shoulder; he creates in their company. What does he care… — Rudolf Steiner
The painter who is so enamoured by the beauties of the parts of a landscape, that he strives to represent all, cannot succeed. His picture… — Walter J. Phillips
The chief consideration for a good painter is to think out the whole of his picture, to have it in his head as a whole...… — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition. — Claude Monet
Just as a painter needs light in order to put the finishing touches to his picture, so I need an inner light, which I feel… — Leo Tolstoy
Consider it this way: what would you say if a blond homecoming queen fell in love with a short Japanese businessman? He treats her cruelly,… — David Henry Hwang
One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And… — P.J. O'Rourke
Beethoven can't really be great because his picture isn't on a bubble gum card. — Charles M. Schulz
The picture is all he feels about it, all he thinks worth preserving of it, all he invests it with. If all the qualities which… — Lucian Freud

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