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Portraits Quotes

I wanted to translate from one flat surface to another. In fact, my learning disabilities controlled a lot of things. I don’t recognize faces, so I’m sure it’s what drove me to portraits in the first place Picture Quote #1

Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village Picture Quote #1

I’m that person who owns all of the seasons on DVDs, including the Lifetime intimate portraits showcasing The Golden Girls. I am a massive fan. I think I’m Dorothy. She’s my favorite Picture Quote #1

I didn’t try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses Picture Quote #1

The suspect nature of these stories can be seen in the anecdote Jefferson told of Hamilton visiting his lodging in 1792 and inquiring about three portraits on the wallThey are my trinity of the three greatest men the world has ever produced, Jefferson replied: Sir Francis Bacon, Sir Isaac Newton, and John Locke. Hamilton supposedly replied, The greatest man that ever lived was Julius Casar Picture Quote #1

I’m interested in human vulnerability. We are alone, and my portraits reflect this quality. I don’t want anything to get in the way of this feeling Picture Quote #1

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Neurologically, I’m a quadriplegic, so virtually everything about my work has been driven by my learning disabilities, which are quite severe, and my lack of facial recognition, which I’m sure is what drove me to paint portraits in the first place Picture Quote #1

I do mostly portraits. So it’s just people’s faces, not really any ideas Picture Quote #1

I often concentrate on the eyes and lips, they are great indicators of mood and feeling, and I find that I can project character into my portraits by bringing the viewer’s attention to these areas Picture Quote #1

And painted portraits have a life of their own that comes from deep in the soul of the painter and where the machine can’t go Picture Quote #1

I was going to have cosmetic surgery until I noticed that the doctor’s office was full of portraits by Picasso Picture Quote #1

I felt that the beach portraits were all self-portraits. That moment of unease, that attempt to find a pose, it was all about me Picture Quote #1

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I was a terrible painter - my portraits looked like the evil chimera love-children of Picasso’s demoiselles and the BBC test card clown Picture Quote #1

I wasn’t thinking of a sequel when I finished ‘Life Class.’ What changed my mind was the perception that the characters had a lot of life left in them, a lot of unresolved conflicts, and also I became interested in the Tonks pastel portraits of facially disfigured soldiers and in the whole area of facial reconstruction Picture Quote #1

Do portraits of people in familiar and typical attitudes, above all give to their face the same choice of expression that one gives to their body Picture Quote #1

In the beginning, I started doing portraits of children, and of course, children have large eyes. For some reason, they just started getting bigger and bigger. Then, when I started painting imaginary children rather than real ones, they became bigger still Picture Quote #1

When you pose for a photograph, it’s behind a smile that isn’t yours. You are angry and hungry and alive. What I value in you is that intensity. I want to make portraits as intense as people Picture Quote #1

I do portraits. I usually do live models in a class environment, but I’ve been painting at home more. I really love the human form, and I love faces. I’ve tried to do landscapes a few times Picture Quote #1

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There is nothing that special to see when looking at me. I’m a painter who paints day in day out, from morning till evening - figure pictures and landscapes, more rarely portraits Picture Quote #1

I used to always make art for girls. That was the thing I did for girls to like me. I did portraits, drawings, letters that formed outlines of significant things in our relationship. Art. I just used art in general. It usually worked Picture Quote #1

I don’t have one specific tattooing specialty. I enjoy doing full-color new school, portraits, neo-traditional, realistic, black and gray, ultra detailed art, etc... but always custom Picture Quote #1

I often concentrate on the eyes and lips, they are great indicators of mood and feeling, and I find that I can project character into my portraits by bringing the viewer’s attention to these areas Picture Quote #1

Perceptions are portraits, not photographs, and their form reveals the artist’s hand every bit as much as it reflects the things portrayed Picture Quote #1

If the portraits of our absent friends are pleasant to us, which renew our memory of them and relieve our regret for their absence by a false and empty consolation, how much more pleasant are letters which bring us the written characters of the absent friend Picture Quote #1

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In a foreign country it is far from easy to study a scene at length when you know that at any minute someone may appear and ask what you are doing and that you can’t answer, and you haven’t many references, and you don’t know the law. Neither is it easy to find and know the subjects for portraits or comfortable to make such picture when you cannot apply an anesthesia of small talk Picture Quote #1

When you pose for a photograph, it’s behind a smile that isn’t yours. You are angry and hungry and alive. What I value in you is that intensity. I want to make portraits as intense as people Picture Quote #1

Who would not have been laughed at if he had said in 1800 that metals could be extracted from their ores by electricity or that portraits could be drawn by chemistry Picture Quote #1

Neurologically, I’m a quadriplegic, so virtually everything about my work has been driven by my learning disabilities, which are quite severe, and my lack of facial recognition, which I’m sure is what drove me to paint portraits in the first place Picture Quote #1

I’m very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits Picture Quote #1

I have always loved reading, so was interested in the literary world, and took many literary portraits Picture Quote #1

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I wanted to translate from one flat surface to another. In fact, my learning disabilities controlled a lot of things. I don’t recognize faces, so I’m sure it’s what drove me to portraits in the first place. (Portraits Quotes) Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village. (Portraits Quotes) I’m that person who owns all of the seasons on DVDs, including the Lifetime intimate portraits showcasing The Golden Girls. I am a massive fan. I think I’m Dorothy. She’s my favorite. (Portraits Quotes) I didn’t try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses. (Portraits Quotes) The suspect nature of these stories can be seen in the anecdote Jefferson told of Hamilton visiting his lodging in 1792 and inquiring about three portraits on the wallThey are my trinity of the three greatest men the world has ever produced, Jefferson replied: Sir Francis Bacon, Sir Isaac Newton, and John Locke. Hamilton supposedly replied, The greatest man that ever lived was Julius Casar. (Portraits Quotes) I’m interested in human vulnerability. We are alone, and my portraits reflect this quality. I don’t want anything to get in the way of this feeling. (Portraits Quotes) Neurologically, I’m a quadriplegic, so virtually everything about my work has been driven by my learning disabilities, which are quite severe, and my lack of facial recognition, which I’m sure is what drove me to paint portraits in the first place. (Portraits Quotes) I do mostly portraits. So it’s just people’s faces, not really any ideas. (Portraits Quotes) I often concentrate on the eyes and lips, they are great indicators of mood and feeling, and I find that I can project character into my portraits by bringing the viewer’s attention to these areas. (Portraits Quotes) And painted portraits have a life of their own that comes from deep in the soul of the painter and where the machine can’t go. (Portraits Quotes) I was going to have cosmetic surgery until I noticed that the doctor’s office was full of portraits by Picasso. (Portraits Quotes) I felt that the beach portraits were all self-portraits. That moment of unease, that attempt to find a pose, it was all about me. (Portraits Quotes) I was a terrible painter - my portraits looked like the evil chimera love-children of Picasso’s demoiselles and the BBC test card clown. (Portraits Quotes) I wasn’t thinking of a sequel when I finished ‘Life Class.’ What changed my mind was the perception that the characters had a lot of life left in them, a lot of unresolved conflicts, and also I became interested in the Tonks pastel portraits of facially disfigured soldiers and in the whole area of facial reconstruction. (Portraits Quotes) Do portraits of people in familiar and typical attitudes, above all give to their face the same choice of expression that one gives to their body. (Portraits Quotes) In the beginning, I started doing portraits of children, and of course, children have large eyes. For some reason, they just started getting bigger and bigger. Then, when I started painting imaginary children rather than real ones, they became bigger still. (Portraits Quotes) When you pose for a photograph, it’s behind a smile that isn’t yours. You are angry and hungry and alive. What I value in you is that intensity. I want to make portraits as intense as people. (Portraits Quotes) I do portraits. I usually do live models in a class environment, but I’ve been painting at home more. I really love the human form, and I love faces. I’ve tried to do landscapes a few times (Portraits Quotes) There is nothing that special to see when looking at me. I’m a painter who paints day in day out, from morning till evening - figure pictures and landscapes, more rarely portraits. (Portraits Quotes) I used to always make art for girls. That was the thing I did for girls to like me. I did portraits, drawings, letters that formed outlines of significant things in our relationship. Art. I just used art in general. It usually worked. (Portraits Quotes) I don’t have one specific tattooing specialty. I enjoy doing full-color new school, portraits, neo-traditional, realistic, black and gray, ultra detailed art, etc... but always custom. (Portraits Quotes) I often concentrate on the eyes and lips, they are great indicators of mood and feeling, and I find that I can project character into my portraits by bringing the viewer’s attention to these areas (Portraits Quotes) Perceptions are portraits, not photographs, and their form reveals the artist’s hand every bit as much as it reflects the things portrayed (Portraits Quotes) If the portraits of our absent friends are pleasant to us, which renew our memory of them and relieve our regret for their absence by a false and empty consolation, how much more pleasant are letters which bring us the written characters of the absent friend (Portraits Quotes) In a foreign country it is far from easy to study a scene at length when you know that at any minute someone may appear and ask what you are doing and that you can’t answer, and you haven’t many references, and you don’t know the law. Neither is it easy to find and know the subjects for portraits or comfortable to make such picture when you cannot apply an anesthesia of small talk (Portraits Quotes) When you pose for a photograph, it’s behind a smile that isn’t yours. You are angry and hungry and alive. What I value in you is that intensity. I want to make portraits as intense as people (Portraits Quotes) Who would not have been laughed at if he had said in 1800 that metals could be extracted from their ores by electricity or that portraits could be drawn by chemistry (Portraits Quotes) Neurologically, I’m a quadriplegic, so virtually everything about my work has been driven by my learning disabilities, which are quite severe, and my lack of facial recognition, which I’m sure is what drove me to paint portraits in the first place (Portraits Quotes) I’m very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits (Portraits Quotes) I have always loved reading, so was interested in the literary world, and took many literary portraits (Portraits Quotes)

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