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Portraits Quotes: "My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph."

My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph.



Portraits Quotes: "A portrait, to be a work of art, neither must nor may resemble the sitter... one must paint its atmosphere."

A portrait, to be a work of art, neither must nor may resemble the sitter... one must paint its atmosphere.




Portraits Quotes: "Everyone thinks these are self-portraits but they aren't meant to be. I just use myself as a model because I know I can push myself to extremes, make each shot as ugly or goofy or silly as possible."

Everyone thinks these are self-portraits but they aren't meant to be. I just use myself as a model because I know I can push myself to extremes, make each shot as ugly or goofy or silly as possible.



Portraits Quotes: "A portrait is a painting with something wrong with the mouth."

A portrait is a painting with something wrong with the mouth.




Portraits Quotes: "You wouldn't take a portrait of a human being from a hundred feet away and expect to capture their spirit; you'd move in close."

You wouldn't take a portrait of a human being from a hundred feet away and expect to capture their spirit; you'd move in close.



Portraits Quotes: "It's one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it's another thing to make a portrait of who they are."

It's one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it's another thing to make a portrait of who they are.



Portraits Quotes: "I have several portraits of Jigoro Kano and a bust too, a very beautiful one."

I have several portraits of Jigoro Kano and a bust too, a very beautiful one.




Portraits Quotes: "Portraits are the most intimate photographs. The image will survive the subject."

Portraits are the most intimate photographs. The image will survive the subject.



Portraits Quotes: "The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral portrait."

The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral portrait.



Portraits Quotes: "But let's speak of art for a moment. Yes, art. I know a gentleman who makes excellent portraits. This gentleman is a camera."

But let's speak of art for a moment. Yes, art. I know a gentleman who makes excellent portraits. This gentleman is a camera.



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."

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: "The tool of every self-portrait is the mirror. You see yourself in it. Turn it the other way, and you see the world ."

The tool of every self-portrait is the mirror. You see yourself in it. Turn it the other way, and you see the world .




Portraits Quotes: "I do house things. I paint. I do portraits. I also paint my house."

I do house things. I paint. I do portraits. I also paint my house.



Portraits Quotes: "A true portrait should, today and a hundred years from today, the Testimony of how this person looked and what kind of human being he was"

A true portrait should, today and a hundred years from today, the Testimony of how this person looked and what kind of human being he was



Portraits Quotes: "Your dreams are the product of your longings, a portrait of your potential, and a promise of your future."

Your dreams are the product of your longings, a portrait of your potential, and a promise of your future.



Portraits Quotes: "I feel I'm anonymous in my work. When I look at the pictures, I never see myself; they aren't self-portraits. Sometimes I disappear."

I feel I'm anonymous in my work. When I look at the pictures, I never see myself; they aren't self-portraits. Sometimes I disappear.



Portraits Quotes: "A good portrait is incredibly hard to create, there is too much temptation to pander to the individual rather than portray them as they really were"

A good portrait is incredibly hard to create, there is too much temptation to pander to the individual rather than portray them as they really were



Portraits Quotes: "[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?"

[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?



Portraits Quotes: "I will never, for the future, paint the portrait of a tyrant until his head lies before me on the scaffold."

I will never, for the future, paint the portrait of a tyrant until his head lies before me on the scaffold.



Portraits Quotes: "A portrait is a picture in which there is just a tiny little something not quite right about the mouth."

A portrait is a picture in which there is just a tiny little something not quite right about the mouth.



Portraits Quotes: "Photography freed painting from a lot of tiresome chores, starting with family portraits."

Photography freed painting from a lot of tiresome chores, starting with family portraits.



Portraits Quotes: "I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait."

I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.



Portraits Quotes: "Everything is autobiographical and everything is a portrait."

Everything is autobiographical and everything is a portrait.



Portraits Quotes: "All photographs are self-portraits."

All photographs are self-portraits.



Portraits Quotes: "It should be the aim of every photographer to make a single exposure that shows everything about the subject. I have been told that my portrait of Churchill is an example of this."

It should be the aim of every photographer to make a single exposure that shows everything about the subject. I have been told that my portrait of Churchill is an example of this.



Portraits Quotes: "A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he is being photographed"

A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he is being photographed



Portraits Quotes: "There is no self-portrait of me."

There is no self-portrait of me.



Portraits Quotes: "I never can pass by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York without thinking of it not as a gallery of living portraits but as a cemetery of tax-deductible wealth."

I never can pass by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York without thinking of it not as a gallery of living portraits but as a cemetery of tax-deductible wealth.



Portraits Quotes: "A letter is the portrait of the soul."

A letter is the portrait of the soul.



Portraits Quotes: "It is easy to make a picture of someone and call it a portrait. The difficulty lies in making a picture that makes the viewer care about a stranger."

It is easy to make a picture of someone and call it a portrait. The difficulty lies in making a picture that makes the viewer care about a stranger.



Portraits Quotes: "One is never satisfied with the portrait of a person that one knows."

One is never satisfied with the portrait of a person that one knows.



Portraits Quotes: "I loathe my own face, and I've done self-portraits because I've had nobody else to do."

I loathe my own face, and I've done self-portraits because I've had nobody else to do.



Portraits Quotes: "In a portrait, I’m looking for the silence in somebody."

In a portrait, I’m looking for the silence in somebody.



Portraits Quotes: "Even though I love my mother, I didn't want to make an idealized portrait of her. I'm fascinated more by her defects - they are funnier than her other qualities."

Even though I love my mother, I didn't want to make an idealized portrait of her. I'm fascinated more by her defects - they are funnier than her other qualities.



Portraits Quotes: "That’s my idea of what a portrait ought to be, anonymous and documentary and a straightforward picture of mankind."

That’s my idea of what a portrait ought to be, anonymous and documentary and a straightforward picture of mankind.



Portraits Quotes: "In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may not be literally what's going on, but it's representative."

In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may not be literally what's going on, but it's representative.



Portraits Quotes: "So many people dislike themselves so thoroughly that they never see any reproduction of themselves that suits. None of us is born with the right face. It’s a tough job being a portrait photographer."

So many people dislike themselves so thoroughly that they never see any reproduction of themselves that suits. None of us is born with the right face. It’s a tough job being a portrait photographer.



Portraits Quotes: "The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions."

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



Portraits Quotes: "I would wish my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them."

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



Portraits Quotes: "Each person's work is always a portrait of himself."

Each person's work is always a portrait of himself.



Portraits Quotes: "I think if you don't love people and aren't fascinated by them, you'll never succeed as a portrait photographer, because your pictures will look cold."

I think if you don't love people and aren't fascinated by them, you'll never succeed as a portrait photographer, because your pictures will look cold.



Portraits Quotes: "Sometimes I spit on my mother's portrait for pleasure."

Sometimes I spit on my mother's portrait for pleasure.



Portraits Quotes: "None of us is born with the right face. It’s a tough job being a portrait photographer."

None of us is born with the right face. It’s a tough job being a portrait photographer.



Portraits Quotes: "Western artists stand as humans looking at nature; Asian artists try to be in nature. You become one with nature rather than painting a portrait of it. That's a big shift."

Western artists stand as humans looking at nature; Asian artists try to be in nature. You become one with nature rather than painting a portrait of it. That's a big shift.



Portraits Quotes: "The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature."

The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.



Portraits Quotes: "Beauty can be seen in all things."

Beauty can be seen in all things.



Portraits Quotes: "I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed."

I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed.



Portraits Quotes: "From the first shock of the contemplation of a face depends the principal sensation which guides me throughout the entire execution of a portrait."

From the first shock of the contemplation of a face depends the principal sensation which guides me throughout the entire execution of a portrait.



Portraits Quotes: "Every record is a portrait of the band at that time."

Every record is a portrait of the band at that time.