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Portraits Quotes by Francesco Clemente
- That moment when the person actually dictates the way I do the portrait is when the intimacy arrives.
- I'm at the age where I don't need an acid trip to feel naked... to feel that I don't exist. Now a self-portrait is almost…
- My portraits are half what I see and the other half is invented or dictated by the person and the painting.
- I never paint a portrait from a photograph, because a photograph doesn't give enough information about what the person feels.
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