“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
“I thought, 'Well, I'll amuse people a little bit.' During lunch hour, while everyone was off to the faculty club and this and that, I set up a bunch of bases down the hallway of the school and I put all of the portraits I had completed... and I waited for the reaction.... that's how I got started again, doing portraits of people around me.” PeopleWellsLittlesSchoolFunBitsHoursLittle BitBasesClubsReactionsBunchFacultyLunchPortraitsHallways Author:Joe Fafard
“Contented, unambitious people are all very well in their way. They form a neat, useful background for great portraits to be painted against, and they make a respectable, if not particularly intelligent, audience for the active spirits of the age to play before. I have not a word to say against contented people so long as they keep quiet.” PeopleIfsWayWellsLongPlayAgeFormSpiritAudienceQuietIntelligentActiveBackgroundsPortraitsRespectableNeat Book:The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow Source: The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow