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Portraits Quotes

I would wish my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them Picture Quote #1

I want paint to work as flesh... my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them... As far as I am concerned the paint is the person. I want it to work for me just as flesh does Picture Quote #1

A person himself believes that all the other portraits are good likenesses except the one of himself Picture Quote #1

You don’t change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall Picture Quote #1

People don’t have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography Picture Quote #1

Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent Picture Quote #1

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Elizabeth Peyton, the artist known for tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant youth, is now painting tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant middle age Picture Quote #1

The reason some portraits don't look true to life is that some people make no effort to resemble their pictures Picture Quote #1

A portrait has one advantage over its original: it is unconscious; and you may therefore admire without insulting it. I have seen portraits which have more Picture Quote #1

The table was a pool of candlelight - so bright that the rest of the room seemed almost black, with the faces of the family portraits floating in the darkness Picture Quote #1

When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created Picture Quote #1

Make portraits of people in typical, familiar poses, being sure above all to give their faces the same kind of expression as their bodies Picture Quote #1

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A study of family portraits is enough to convert a man to the theory of reincarnation Picture Quote #1

I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed Picture Quote #1

I wonder whether there is such a thing as critical art. I suppose there are portraits of people who could destroy you Picture Quote #1

Contented, unambitious people are all very well in their way. They form a neat, useful background for great portraits to be painted against, and they make a respectable, if not particularly intelligent, audience for the active spirits of the age to play before Picture Quote #1

I never wanted to be commissioned to paint portraits. I like to choose my own subject and make a character study from it Picture Quote #1

My sitters get tired waiting for commissioned portraits. If they commission me they have to wait years sometimes because I discard so many Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I really like doing portraits, but I like taking pictures of things that are natural, like scenery, too Picture Quote #1

My portraits are half what I see and the other half is invented or dictated by the person and the painting Picture Quote #1

It is, indeed, only in old age that intellectual men attain their sublime expression, whilst portraits of them in their youth show only the first traces of it Picture Quote #1

Your aim as a photographer is to get a picture of that person that means something. Portraits aren’t fantasies; they need to tell a truth Picture Quote #1

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

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That’s what I paint, I paint people. They’re portraits, but you won’t always be pleased with the way you look in my paintings. Which is fine, I guess. Unless you’re buying it, and it’s of your kid! Picture Quote #1

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 portraiture because it deals exclusively with appearances. I’ve never believed people are what they look like and think it’s impossible to really know what people are Picture Quote #1

Photographers who come up with power never get accused of imitating anyone else even though they photograph the same broom, same street, same portraits Picture Quote #1

For proper family portraits it’s best to stick with classic, timeless looks that will not only be beautiful now but also in 20 years, and keep the wardrobe color palette similar so it looks like the group shot was well planned Picture Quote #1

I think I was driven to paint portraits to commit images of friends and family to memory. I have face blindness, and once a face is flattened out, I can remember it better Picture Quote #1

My paintings are loosely based on meta narratives. The pictures float in and out of pictorial genres. Still life’s become personified, portraits become events, and landscapes become constructions. I embrace the area between which the subject is composed and decomposing, formed and formless, inanimate and alive Picture Quote #1

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I would wish my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them (Portraits Quotes) I want paint to work as flesh... my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them... As far as I am concerned the paint is the person. I want it to work for me just as flesh does (Portraits Quotes) A person himself believes that all the other portraits are good likenesses except the one of himself (Portraits Quotes) You don’t change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall (Portraits Quotes) People don’t have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography (Portraits Quotes) Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent (Portraits Quotes) Elizabeth Peyton, the artist known for tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant youth, is now painting tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant middle age (Portraits Quotes) The reason some portraits don't look true to life is that some people make no effort to resemble their pictures (Portraits Quotes) A portrait has one advantage over its original: it is unconscious; and you may therefore admire without insulting it. I have seen portraits which have more (Portraits Quotes) The table was a pool of candlelight - so bright that the rest of the room seemed almost black, with the faces of the family portraits floating in the darkness (Portraits Quotes) When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created (Portraits Quotes) Make portraits of people in typical, familiar poses, being sure above all to give their faces the same kind of expression as their bodies (Portraits Quotes) A study of family portraits is enough to convert a man to the theory of reincarnation (Portraits Quotes) I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed (Portraits Quotes) I wonder whether there is such a thing as critical art. I suppose there are portraits of people who could destroy you (Portraits Quotes) Contented, unambitious people are all very well in their way. They form a neat, useful background for great portraits to be painted against, and they make a respectable, if not particularly intelligent, audience for the active spirits of the age to play before (Portraits Quotes) I never wanted to be commissioned to paint portraits. I like to choose my own subject and make a character study from it (Portraits Quotes) My sitters get tired waiting for commissioned portraits. If they commission me they have to wait years sometimes because I discard so many (Portraits Quotes) 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 (Portraits Quotes) I really like doing portraits, but I like taking pictures of things that are natural, like scenery, too (Portraits Quotes) My portraits are half what I see and the other half is invented or dictated by the person and the painting (Portraits Quotes) It is, indeed, only in old age that intellectual men attain their sublime expression, whilst portraits of them in their youth show only the first traces of it (Portraits Quotes) Your aim as a photographer is to get a picture of that person that means something. Portraits aren’t fantasies; they need to tell a truth (Portraits Quotes) I didn’t try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses (Portraits Quotes) That’s what I paint, I paint people. They’re portraits, but you won’t always be pleased with the way you look in my paintings. Which is fine, I guess. Unless you’re buying it, and it’s of your kid! (Portraits Quotes) 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 portraiture because it deals exclusively with appearances. I’ve never believed people are what they look like and think it’s impossible to really know what people are (Portraits Quotes) Photographers who come up with power never get accused of imitating anyone else even though they photograph the same broom, same street, same portraits (Portraits Quotes) For proper family portraits it’s best to stick with classic, timeless looks that will not only be beautiful now but also in 20 years, and keep the wardrobe color palette similar so it looks like the group shot was well planned (Portraits Quotes) I think I was driven to paint portraits to commit images of friends and family to memory. I have face blindness, and once a face is flattened out, I can remember it better (Portraits Quotes) My paintings are loosely based on meta narratives. The pictures float in and out of pictorial genres. Still life’s become personified, portraits become events, and landscapes become constructions. I embrace the area between which the subject is composed and decomposing, formed and formless, inanimate and alive (Portraits Quotes)

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