Self Portrait Quotes

45 quotes by 39 authors

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… — Francesco Clemente
In a sense, every work you do is a self-portrait because your paintings always reveal more about you than about your subject. Your experience of… — Richard Schmid
The self-portrait is an act of objectifying the self and in that regard is a unique form of portraiture. — Burton Silverman
I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best. — Frida Kahlo
A portrait is a painting with something wrong with the mouth. — John Singer Sargent
Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend. — John Singer Sargent
It takes a long time for a man to look like his portrait. — James Whistler
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. — Oscar Wilde
When I look in the mirror, I am slightly reminded of self-portraits by Durer and by Rembrandt, because they both show a degree of introspection.… — Robert Winston
I always take a close look at those who lose themselves in self portraits. They are solitary souls, prone to introspection, who have really grappled… — Young-Ha Kim
We all stood and gathered our backpacks and I looked at the floor around my chair to make sure I hadnâ€™t dropped anything. I was… — Curtis Sittenfeld
Everything is a self-portrait. A diary. Your whole drug historyâ€™s in a strand of your hair. Your fingernails. The forensic details. The lining of your… — Chuck Palahniuk
your handwriting. the way you walk. which china pattern you choose. it's all giving you away. everything you do shows your hand. everything is a… — Chuck Palahniuk
Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. Every job is a self portrait of the person… — Vince Lombardi
THING TO TRY: If you are asked to describe a suspect to a police sketch artist, describe in precise detail, the features of the police… — Demetri Martin
Because every book of art, be it a poem or a cupola, is understandably a self-portrait of its author, we won't strain ourselves too hard… — Joseph Brodsky
I imagine John Watson thinks loveâ€™s a mystery to me, but the chemistry is incredibly simple and very destructive. When we first met, you told… — Mark Gatiss
When I draw my caricature self-portrait, I always do a huge smile. — Rolf Harris
A brain scan may reveal the neural signs of anxiety, but a Kokoschka painting, or a Schiele self-portrait, reveals what an anxiety state really feels… — Eric Kandel
If I have to make a self-portrait, I would put poetry and rebellion on the list. To be able to walk on a wire, to… — Philippe Petit

Who Wrote These Self Portrait Quotes

39 authors contributed a total of 45 Self Portrait Quotes, led by these top contributors: