Art Quote by Igor Babailov

The reason some portraits don't look true to life is that some people make no effort to resemble their pictures.

— Salvador Dali

If the artist only reproduces superficial features as photography does, if he copies the lineaments of a face exactly, without reference to character, he…

— Auguste Rodin

Pictures are spiritual beings. The soul of the painter lives within them.

— Emil Nolde

Sometimes small incidents, rather than glorious exploits, give us the best evidence of character. So, as portrait painters are more exact in doing the…

— Plutarch

All artists draw from their lives, except they mask it and camouflage it... which is the smarter way to do it.

— John Leguizamo

The picture must all come out of the artist's inside, awareness of forms and figures... It is more than memory. It is the image…

— D. H. Lawrence

Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public sees, and…

— Oscar Wilde

Portrait painters' mission is to portray people and the beauty of Creation. They should stay clear of ego.

— Igor Babailov

To be an artist is a blessing and a privilege. Artists must never betray their true hearts. Artists must look beneath the surface and…

— Marvin Gaye

The picture must all come out of the artist's inside. It is the image that lives in the consciousness, alive like a vision, but…

— D. H. Lawrence

Artistes never make their image. Image is made by the fans and the artiste's job is to fight that perception.

— Badshah

I am an artist, you understand? For me, a picture is like poetry. When you make art, this is not coming from an intellectual…

— Alejandro Jodorowsky