Blood Quote by Kehinde Wiley

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

— Edvard Munch

Everything I paint is a portrait, whatever the subject.

— Jamie Wyeth

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

— Salvador Dali

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

I sometimes find the surface interesting. To say that the mark of a good portrait is whether you get them or get the soul…

— Annie Leibovitz

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

— Otto Dix

The people have to know what my portraits are like in order to behave in such a way that the result is one of…

— Thomas Ruff

When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.

— Imogen Cunningham

I never paint a portrait from a photograph, because a photograph doesn't give enough information about what the person feels.

— Francesco Clemente

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

— Ceejay

Listen: if I am a painter and I do your portrait, have I or haven't I the right to paint you as I want?

— Oriana Fallaci

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

— Nadar