Figures Quote by Jemima Kirke

For me, a good portrait shows the fragility and humility of the person, and at the same time a strength, a resting in themselves.

— Wolfgang Tillmans

I love doing portraits, its just now I want to take it to the next level and start making better and more interesting compositions…

— Kat Von D

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

The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.

— Anonymous

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

I think I'm predominantly known for my portraits. Obviously in my work there are landscape or stilllife elements, but mainly my work is people . . .

— Ari Marcopoulos

I still find doing portraits a terrific challenge, but even though I've done hundreds of them, I've never stopped questioning the very nature of…

— Duane Michals

I do mostly portraits. So it's just people's faces, not really any ideas.

— Andy Warhol

Really good portraiture is a two-way street where someone is throwing little gems out and you're grabbing them. Very few people have a 100…

— Albert Watson

Portraiture is something that we're all drawn to. I think primarily other forms - we prefer, by and large, to look at human beings…

— Kehinde Wiley

What is portraiture? It's choice. It's the ability to position your body in the world for the world to celebrate you on your own…

— Kehinde Wiley

The portrait I do best is of the person I know best.

— Nadar