Artist Quote by Vera Farmiga

The paintings that really excite me have an erotic element or side to them irrespective of subject matter

— Lucian Freud

When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they…

— Billy Joel

I have a really strong suspicion of the romantic nature of portraiture, the idea that you're telling some essential truth about the interior lives…

— Kehinde Wiley

I'm an artist that's attracted to a specific way of seeing and a way of being.

— Jock Sturges

Sexuality and sensuality exists in every women, along with innocence, and I have represented only those through my characters.

— Shweta Menon

I was hoping to do an impressionist painting, but I wanted a good likeness and I wanted to create a feeling of the lady…

— Rolf Harris

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

My early self-portraits appeared effortlessly and seemed like equivalents for my deeper emotions. Many critics remarked that the images had an almost other-worldly haunting…

— Joyce Tenneson

Portraits are about revealing aspects of an individual.

— Kehinde Wiley

There is something intimate about painting I cannot explain to you ? but it is so delightful just for expressing one's feelings.

— Vincent Van Gogh

I am a lucky woman to have my loved ones and my experiences to open me up the way it has and inspire my…

— Maria Brink

Any piece of art has the potential to emotionally touch you and nudge you.

— Anubhav Sinha