Circumstances Quote by Rolf Harris

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

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

What is a portrait good for, unless it shows just how the subject was seen by the painter? In the old days before photography…

— Aubrey Beardsley

I would wish my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them.

— Lucian Freud

With a woman I try to photograph her beauty; with a man I try to show his character. Once I photographed a man with…

— Philippe Halsman

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

— Anonymous

I am drawn to intimate, often uncomfortable portraits of a woman persevering and awakening.

— Vera Farmiga

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

Portraits are about revealing aspects of an individual.

— Kehinde Wiley

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

A true portrait should, today and a hundred years from today, the Testimony of how this person looked and what kind of human being…

— Philippe Halsman

Portraits I've done in the past I've always thought were a reflection of me.

— Judy Dater