Defects Quote by Pedro Almodovar

My mother's favorite photograph was one of herself at twenty-four years old, unbearably beautiful, utterly glamorous, in a black-straw cartwheel hat, dark-red lipstick, and…

— Amy Bloom

The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn.

— Joyce Maynard

My mother has always encouraged my creative side. She is a very eclectic, creative woman and looks incredibly glamorous, even when trudging about in…

— Alice Temperley

I know my mother so well, so it's hard for me to remember that people have a certain image of her, but they don't…

— Caroline Kennedy

My mother is a great artist, but she always treated her paintings like minor postcards. Had she pursued it, she would have been a…

— Isabel Allende

“The fact that this was a fairly accurate portrait of my own mother is a quick indicator of how difficult it once was for…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

My mother's work has been an enormous influence on me, but not literally. By that I mean, my photographs don't look like hers. That…

— Amy Arbus

My mother is a beauty.

— Mary-Louise Parker

I have just one black and white photograph left of my mother when she was younger. She was 17 when it was taken and…

— Liz Murray

As an artiste, I made sure that the character sketch and look of each mother I played was different.

— Rohini Hattangadi

The portrait is one of the most curious art forms. It demands special qualities in the artist, and an almost total kinship with the…

— Henri Matisse

One of the great things about my mother is she really valued people's character more than what they did.

— Hillary Clinton