#portrait

It is done... the precious portrait placed in the hands of the gentlemen for safe keeping. ↗

— Dolley Madison

#gentlemen #hands #keeping #placed #portrait

Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend. ↗

— John Singer Sargent

#every time #friend #i #lose #paint

If you come a little closer you will see that I am depicted as having three penises. Of course I’m not insinuating that I actually have three penises or even two. I have one. This is called symbolism. Is it symbolic in the sense that making love to me feels like I have three penises? Again, I can’t answer that, but probably, yeah. ↗

— Colin Nissan

#humor #narcissism #self-portrait #funny

But short films are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. What's appealing is that you don't have as much responsibility for storytelling and plot. They can be more like a portrait, or a poem. ↗

— Jane Campion

#different #film-makers #films #freedom #gives

Not only are Christians writing about Jesus, but also Communists, Jews, atheists and agnostics are taking up their pens to paint a portrait of Jesus. ↗

— John Clayton

#agnostics #also #atheists #christians #communists

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

— Billy Hughes

#i #justice #mercy #painted #portrait

I leave you my portrait so that you will have my presence all the days and nights that I am away from you. ↗

— Frida Kahlo

#away #days #i #i am #leave

I'm very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits. ↗

— Howard Hodgkin

#artists #envious #few #good #i

It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to sit for his portrait. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#ever #his #law #man #nature

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#eyes #intentions #mark #portrait #soul