Done Quote by Dolley Madison

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.

— John Ruskin

The portrait of a person is one of the most difficult things to do. It means you must almost bring the presence of that…

— Paul Strand

The important man is not the artist, but the businessman who, in the marketplace and on the battlefield, holds the reins in his hands.

— John Heartfield

Portraits are the most intimate photographs. The image will survive the subject.

— Victor Skrebneski

At a certain point in his life, when he reaches a level of stature, a man commissions his portrait to go over the fireplace.…

— Rick Owens

It is all very well for people with fine arts degrees, but for ordinary people like myself, we want a statue to look like…

— Ken Livingstone

It is not merely the likeness which is precious... but the association and the sense of nearness involved in the thing... the fact of…

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Right now, scientists are in exactly the same position as Renaissance painters, commissioned to make the portrait the patron wants done, And if they…

— Michael Crichton

The formal artistic gesture is already expressed in the act of taking the photograph.

— Luigi Ghirri

“What odd chaps you painters are! You do anything in the world to gain a reputation. As soon as you have one, you seem…

— Oscar Wilde

“Every civilized man or woman has, I suppose, some picture of himself or herself, and is annoyed when anything happens that seems to spoil…

— Bertrand Russell

It's one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it's another thing to make a portrait of who they are.

— Paul Caponigro