“I am living a new and exalted life of late. It steeps me in a sacred rapture to see a portrait develop and take soul under my hand. First, I throw off a study - just a mere study, a few apparently random lines - and to look at it you would hardly ever suspect who it was going to be; even I cannot tell, myself.” FirstsLooksSoulHandsLinesStudyLateSacredMereSuspectsPortraitsExaltedRapturePortraitureSelf PortraitSelf Portrait Photography Book:Mark Twain's works Source: Mark Twain's works
“My waking thoughts are all of thee. Your portrait and the remembrance of last night's delirium have robbed my senses of repose. Sweet and incomparable Josephine, what an extraordinary influence you have over my heart. Are you vexed? Do I see you sad? Are you ill at ease? My soul is broken with grief, and there is no rest for your lover.” HeartSoulLastsNightGriefInfluenceSweetBrokenLoversMy HeartArmyExtraordinaryIllSensesMy SoulTheeEaseWakingPortraitsRemembranceLast NightReposeDeliriumIncomparable Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“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