96 Portrait Quotes for You to Enjoy

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Man Mirror Manners He His Which Shows Portrait

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. Oscar Wilde

Feeling Every Sitter Artist Painted Portrait

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Soul Eyes Mark Countenance Intentions Portrait

The dog is the perfect portrait subject. He doesn't pose. He isn't aware of the camera. Patrick Demarchelier

Dog Perfect He Camera Subject Aware Portrait Pose

You know how you feel somebody looking at you, and you turn, and somebody actually is? It's the same at an art gallery. You're looking at one portrait, turn around, and there is a work of art directly behind you. Because it's all energy. Every single thing has energy. Marina Abramovic

Work Art You Somebody Looking Single Energy Every Directly Feel Know Because Around How Single Thing Same Behind Turn Gallery Actually Thing Portrait Every Single Thing

When having my portrait painted I don't want justice, I want mercy. Billy Hughes

Justice Mercy Having Want Painted Portrait

I prefer black and white and portrait photography. I like old, you know, interesting faces, so I think black and white brings out the contrast. Brooklyn Beckham

You Photography Old Black Black And White White Think Out Faces Like Know Contrast Interesting Prefer Portrait Brings

The portrait I do best is of the person I know best. Nadar

Best Know Person Portrait

I always wanted to be the underdog. For me, as a portrait photographer, it's the kiss of death to become well known. I did my best work when no one knew who I was. People weren't threatened by me because they didn't think I was a big deal. Platon

Work Death Best Me People Kiss Big Become Think Photographer Best Work Threatened No-One Knew Underdog Well Well Known Known Because Deal Always Big Deal Were Did Wanted Who Portrait

Everyone sees something different in 'Endgame': a biblical apocalypse, a portrait of painful co-dependency, a confession of guilt and dignity in the face of death, a night of baffling hopelessness, a meaningless babble. Each interpretation reveals an absurd truth - not about the play, but about the person watching it. Simon McBurney

Death Truth Bible Dignity Confession Guilt Face Interpretation Everyone Hopelessness About Something Sees Baffling Absurd Reveals Person Endgame Different Apocalypse Meaningless Painful Each Play Portrait Watching Night Babble

For all of her influence on popular culture, and the remarkable performances she left behind, perhaps Farrah Fawcett's greatest legacy was her raw, intimate, honest portrait of a woman fighting for her life - against cancer. Alana Stewart

In 'Where the Air is Clear', Carlos Fuentes composed a polyphonic portrait of Mexico City amid the growth and modernization brought on by the economic boom of the 1950s. The novel can be read as a jazz interpretation - free and in a Mexican key - of John Dos Passos' 'Manhattan Transfer'. Alvaro Enrigue

Key Free Jazz Interpretation Air Boom City John Composed Brought Economic Clear Read Mexican Mexico Mexico City Where Manhattan Transfer Modernization Novel Growth Portrait

The photograph of the Queen sitting stiffly across the table from Glasgow resident Susan McCarron is so natural and expressive that it looks utterly fake. It looks like an artist's portrait, complete with symbolism, humour and poignancy. No wonder the palace and the press have interpreted it in such different ways. Amanda Foreman

Natural Queen Humour Complete Press Ways Photograph Table Poignancy No Wonder Glasgow Like Looks Fake Wonder Susan Sitting Artist Different Across Different Ways Palace Expressive Resident Utterly Portrait Interpreted Symbolism

I sometimes find the surface interesting. To say that the mark of a good portrait is whether you get them or get the soul - I don't think this is possible all of the time. Annie Leibovitz

Time Good You Soul Sometimes Think Mark Say Possible Find Surface Get Whether Interesting Them Portrait

Someone made me a Leaf Coneybear finger puppet. Someone made me a portrait of me on some chocolate. I'm keeping it. I daren't eat such a work of art. It's so unique and so fun that fans do that. It's incredibly flattering. I like it when people spend time on me. People don't spend the same amount of time on my brother who's an insurance broker. Barrett Foa

Work Art Time Me People Fans Made Incredibly Spend Broker Puppet Brother Eat Some Finger Someone Leaf Like Insurance Same Flattering Chocolate Fun Unique Keeping Amount Portrait

I've started to see records as just a snapshot, a portrait of where you were at at that time. And if you're comfortable with that, sometimes it's like an old high school year book picture - it makes you blush a little bit, but you gotta learn to really appreciate each stage of your life and where you're at. Benji Madden

Life Time You Book Sometimes School Old Picture Year Stage Bit High See High School Records Like Learn Comfortable Makes Gotta Were Snapshot Just Where Blush Little Little Bit Really Your Each Portrait Started Appreciate

I struck upon this kind of crazy idea that I was going to go to New York and stop 10,000 people on the streets and take their portrait and create kind of a photographic census of the city. Brandon Stanton

Crazy People Kind Photographic City Struck Take Idea New Go York Going Stop New York Census Create Streets Portrait

Most elected officials don't want you to know about the world of political fundraising because they fear that it paints an unflattering portrait of public life. Chris Murphy

Life You World Fear Political About Know Most Because Officials Want Public Elected Elected Officials Public Life Paints Portrait Fundraising

A house is very much like a portrait. I cannot disconnect houses from people. The thought of arrangement, the curves and straight lines. It gives an indication of the character at the heart of it. Christian Louboutin

Character Heart People Thought Indication Gives Like House Houses Arrangement Disconnect Lines Very Cannot Curves Straight Much Portrait

When you're trying to paint a portrait of a very specific world, you're trying to show what makes the world different. So, sometimes it means exaggerating certain kind of aspects, but I don't think it's that important or it's that much of an issue as long as you get an emotional truth across. Damien Chazelle

Truth You World Sometimes Long Important Think Kind Exaggerating Emotional Emotional Truth Makes Issue Very Get Trying Different Much Certain Across Means Aspects Show Paint Specific Portrait

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