Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old portrait quotes, portrait sayings, and portrait proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.Thomas B. Macaulay
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Did you ever see a portrait of a great man without perceiving strong traits of pain and anxiety?John Adams
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My portraits are half what I see and the other half is invented or dictated by the person and the painting.Francesco Clemente
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The portrait is one of the most curious art forms. It demands special qualities in the artist, and an almost total kinship with the model.Henri Matisse
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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.Philippe Halsman
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Most portraits are lies. People are rarely what they appear to be, especially in front of a camera. You might know me your entire lifetime and never reveal yourself to me. To interpret wrinkles as character is insult not insight.Duane Michals
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A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he's being photographed, and what he does with this knowledge is as much a part of the photograph as what he's wearing or how he looks. He's implicated in what's happening, and he has a certain real power over the result.Richard Avedon
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In a portrait, I’m looking for the silence in somebody.Henri Cartier-Bresson