Art Quote by Henri Matisse

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

Ah! Portraiture, portraiture with the thought, the soul of the model in it, that is what I think must come.

— Vincent Van Gogh

Portraits are about revealing aspects of an individual.

— Kehinde Wiley

What I find really interesting is, whenever you see the person who gives you the portrait of yourself, the portrait seems to be a…

— Hilary Hahn

A good portrait is incredibly hard to create, there is too much temptation to pander to the individual rather than portray them as they…

— Philippe Halsman

The artist who imagines that he puts his best into a portrait in order to produce something good, which will be a pleasure to…

— Jacob Epstein

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…

— Richard Avedon

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 portrait is the subject matter in photography where the problems of the media are the most visible.

— Thomas Struth

Alas, it is just a single image - an extended moment perhaps. Unlike a biography, a portrait cannot present the many differing moments that…

— Burton Silverman

A remarkably revealing portrait.

— Byron York

Perceptions are portraits, not photographs, and their form reveals the artist’s hand every bit as much as it reflects the things portrayed

— Daniel Gilbert