“It is for the artist... in portrait painting to put on canvas something more than the face the model wears for that one day; to paint the man, in short, as well as his features.” MenWellsFacesArtistHe ManPaintingOne DayModelsPaintFeaturesCanvasPortraitsPortraiture Book:The Gentle Art of Making Enemies Source: The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
“With an 'advanced' artist, it's not now possible to make a portrait.” ArtistPortraitsPortraiture Author:Clement Greenberg
“Like Chekhov, I am a collector of souls... if I hadn't been an artist, I could have been a psychiatrist.” IfsHas BeensSoulArtistCould Have BeenPsychiatristCollectorsPortraitureChekhov Author:Alice Neel
“Artists with the lack of proper education and experience of working from life will copy whatever is visible on the photograph, without knowing what's underneath. As a result, instead of creating the in-depth and full of character portrait, they draw a mask with no soul.” SoulCharacterArtistResultsKnowingCreatingDrawsDepthPhotographVisibleMaskCopiesPortraitsPortraiture Author:Igor Babailov
“The artist does not see both eyes alike. There is always 'the eye' and the other eye... It adds life and plasticity to the drawing if the eye in the light is darker than the one in the shadow. It gives the head vividness.” IfsGivingDoeLightEyeArtistShadowAddDrawingPortraitureVividnessPlasticity Author:John French Sloan
“The real artist is striving to depict his subject's character and to stress the caricature, but at least it is art which is alive.” ArtRealCharacterArtistAliveSubjectsStressStriveCaricaturesPortraitureReal Artists Author:William Dobell