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According to Montaigne, it was the oppressive notion that we had complete mental control over our bodies, and the horror of departing from this portrait… — Alain de Botton
Each person's work is always a portrait of himself. — Samuel Johnson
It is not merely the likeness which is precious... but the association and the sense of nearness involved in the thing... the fact of the… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to sit for his… — Max Beerbohm
Passonate, irreverent, utterly relevant, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk offers an unforgettable portrait of a reluctant hero. Ben Fountain writes like a man inspired and… — Margot Livesey
Through a portrait, we can potentially see everything — the history and depth of a person's life, as well as evidence of a primal universal… — Joyce Tenneson
I feel I'm anonymous in my work. When I look at the pictures, I never see myself; they aren't self-portraits. Sometimes I disappear. — Cindy Sherman
Everyone thinks these are self-portraits but they aren't meant to be. I just use myself as a model because I know I can push myself… — Cindy Sherman
The reason that I'm an actor, or an artist, is ultimately because I'm trying to paint a self-portrait, and the most complete and beautiful self-portrait… — Terrence Howard
I often concentrate on the eyes and lips, they are great indicators of mood and feeling, and I find that I can project character into… — Robert Ryan
Traffic is about drugs. As detailed a portrait as I can muster about what is happening in the drug world, from top to bottom, from… — Steven Soderbergh
Painting self-portraits without clothes on has also given me some publicity. — Cleo Moore
Steve Sailer gives us the real Barack Obama, who turns out to be very, very different - and much more interesting - than the bland… — John Derbyshire
In a portrait, I’m looking for the silence in somebody. — Henri Cartier-Bresson
Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public sees, and the… — Oscar Wilde
The portrait of a person is one of the most difficult things to do. It means you must almost bring the presence of that person… — Paul Strand
That’s my idea of what a portrait ought to be, anonymous and documentary and a straightforward picture of mankind. — Walker Evans
It should be the aim of every photographer to make a single exposure that shows everything about the subject. I have been told that my… — Yousuf Karsh
I am, and forever will be, devastated by the gift of Audrey Hepburn before my camera. I cannot lift her to greater heights. She is… — Richard Avedon
There's always been a separation between fashion and what I call my 'deeper' work. Fashion is where I make my living. I'm not knocking it.… — Richard Avedon
The way someone who's being photographed presents himself to the camera, and the effect of the photographer's response on that presence, is what the making… — Richard Avedon
My early childhood equipped me really well for my portrait work: The quick encounter, where you are not going to know the subject for very… — Annie Leibovitz
I think self-portraits are very difficult. I’ve always seen mine as straightforward, very stripped down, hair pulled back. No shirt. Whatever light happened to be… — Annie Leibovitz
All photographs are self-portraits. — Minor White
This is a portrait of Iris Clert if I say so. — Robert Rauschenberg

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