And love Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

I always think photographs abominable, and I don't like to have them around, particularly not those of persons I know and love. Those photographic…

— Vincent Van Gogh

Painting has always been a means of self-expression for me. Therefore, I paint because I have to and need to, not necessarily because I…

— Lori Earley

I have never painted a self-portrait. I am less interested in myself as a subject for a painting than I am in other people,…

— Gustav Klimt

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

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

In some way they are all self-portraits, but I think I know what you mean by asking this - I would say, it is…

— Kehinde Wiley

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 person grow to look like his portrait.

— Salvador Dali

I have painted portraits that to me are almost photographic. I remember hesitating to show the paintings, they looked so real to me. But…

— Georgia O'Keeffe

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

Generally paintings are about technique, but I don't see myself as a painter. I am more of a storyteller and an image - maker.

— Nir Hod

Self-portraits are a way of revealing something about oneself.

— Eric Kandel