Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?

Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?

Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

If they could forget for a moment the correggiosity of Correggio
and the learned babble of the sale-room and read more

If they could forget for a moment the correggiosity of Correggio
and the learned babble of the sale-room and varnishing
Auctioneer.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

I paint things as they are. I don't comment.rn

I paint things as they are. I don't comment.rn

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

"Paint me as I am," said Cromwell,
"Rough with age and gashed with wars;
Show my visage read more

"Paint me as I am," said Cromwell,
"Rough with age and gashed with wars;
Show my visage as you find it,
Less than truth my soul abhors."

He best can paint them who shall feel them most.

He best can paint them who shall feel them most.