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- It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to… — Max Beerbohm
- A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- I murmured to Picasso that I liked his portrait of Gertrude Stein. Yes, he said, everybody said that she does not look… — Gertrude Stein
- The explanation of the propensity of the English people to portrait painting is to be found in their relish for a Fact.… — Benjamin Haydon
- In some circles Stalin has in fact been making a comeback. His portrait hangs above the dashboard of trucks, a symbol of… — Serge Schmemann
- More than any other contemporary British playwright, Tom Stoppard populates his plays -- from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead to The Invention… — Mel Gussow
- A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait. — Salvador Dali
- It takes a long time for a man to look like his portrait. — James Whistler
- What the worm was to the corpse, his sins would be to the painted image on the canvas. They would mar its… — Oscar Wilde
- Mehmet was the first sultan, and one of the first Muslims anywhere, to defy religious tradition by allowing his portrait to be… — Stephen Kinzer
- I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject,rather does the subject grow to look like his portrait. — Ceejay