Enough Quote by Francesco Clemente

I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.

— Salvador Dali

You know, if one paints someone's portrait, one should not know him if possible.

— Otto Dix

I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject,rather does the subject grow to look like his portrait.

— Ceejay

Everything I paint is a portrait, whatever the subject.

— Jamie Wyeth

I painted two pictures of myself lately, one of which has rather the true character ... I always think photographs abominable, and I don't…

— Vincent Van Gogh

Sometimes I really want to paint somebody and I don't get a photograph that I want to work from.

— Chuck Close

When painting portraits a lot of people say, 'Why not get a photograph of the person?' Photography is wonderful and it is an art…

— Jamie Wyeth

When I paint a portrait I want to know more than just the looks of the person. I want to know how they live…

— Jamie Wyeth

When I paint a person, his enemies always find the portrait a good likeness.

— Edvard Munch

I never want to paint anything just to make a pretty picture. The only reason I do this is because it's an outlet, it's…

— Jason Shawn Alexander

I've had photographs taken for portraits because I very much prefer working from the photographs than from models... I couldn't attempt to do a…

— Francis Bacon

What is a portrait good for, unless it shows just how the subject was seen by the painter? In the old days before photography…

— Aubrey Beardsley