How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrible, and dreadful. But this portrait will remain always young.
The reason some portraits don't look true to life is that some people make no effort to resemble their pictures.
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.
A mans manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.
