Painting Quote by Richard Avedon Download Open image “My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph.” — Richard Avedon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Painting People Photograph Photography Portraits
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 Copy Share Image
In making portraits, I refuse to photograph myself as do so many photographers. My style is the style of the people I photograph. — Lotte Jacobi Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I painted two pictures of myself lately, one of which has rather the true character ... I always think photographs abominable, and I don't like to have them around, particularly not those of persons I know and love… photographic portraits wither much sooner than we ourselves do, whereas the painted portrait is a thing which is felt, done with love… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share
The reason some portraits don't look true to life is that some people make no effort to resemble their pictures. — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
When painting portraits a lot of people say, 'Why not get a photograph of the person?' Photography is wonderful and it is an art… — Jamie Wyeth Copy Share Image
People used to give me pictures or paintings of me - they never look even close to what I look like. — Daryl Palumbo Copy Share Image
I'm an odd portrait painter in that I'm not just interested in human faces. I consider almost all of my paintings to be portraits. — Jamie Wyeth Copy Share Image
My portraits are half what I see and the other half is invented or dictated by the person and the painting. — Francesco Clemente Copy Share Image
In a way, it's like the photographer always has his vision of me. The pictures that I'm known for are not really my image,… — Kate Moss Copy Share Image
A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he is being photographed, and what he does with this knowledge is as much… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
Snapshots that have been taken of me working show something I was not aware of at all, that over and over again I'm holding… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
There's always been a separation between fashion and what I call my deeper work. — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
I can see myself as a very old man in a terrific wheelchair. Only, I won't be photographing the tree outside my window, the… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
I am, and forever will be, devastated by the gift of Audrey Hepburn before my camera. I cannot lift her to greater heights. She… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
I've photographed just about everyone in the world. But what I hope to do is photograph people of accomplishment, not celebrity, and help define… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
If each photograph steals a bit of the soul, isn't it possible that I give up pieces of mine every time I take a… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
Marilyn Monroe gave more to the still camera than any actress, any woman I've ever photographed; infinitely more patient, more demanding of herself and… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
It's in trying to direct the traffic between Artiface [sic] and Candor, without being run over, that I'm confronted with the questions about photography… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
A portrait is not a likeness. The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but an opinion. — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
One is a painter because one wants so-called freedom; one doesn't want to go to the office every morning. — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
“People in coats and ties were milling around the Talley gallery, and on the wall were the minimally rendered still lifes by Giorgio Morandi,… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
A home is not a museum. It doesn't have to be furnished with Picasso paintings, or Sheraton suites, or Oriental rugs, or Chinese pottery.… — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
The bigger the canvas, the better I do. I'm not so good at understated, kitchen-sink kinds of parts. — Christopher Reeve Copy Share Image
I had an idea for a technologically advanced luxury watch. I got involved in digital art and neon painting and put on shows of… — Giorgio Moroder Copy Share Image
I think I'm a guy who can get into the paint, make plays and obviously distribute and make plays for other guys, too. — Kevin Huerter Copy Share Image
“Love them all," said Renoir. "That is the secret, young man. Love them all." The painter let go of his arm and shrugged. "Then,… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish. — William Blake Copy Share Image
“He unfixes the metal notch and slips his hand around the body of the bird. Feels its heat, its small heart beating. He stares… — Nina Schuyler Copy Share Image
I love painting. I love writing. I love creating and being around people who are creating. — Joe Lycett Copy Share Image
“Your soul is your paintbrush, your world is your canvass, your life is your masterpiece.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
There's nothing more special than intellect and labour that makes painting work. There's no magic there; it's information, and it's work. — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
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