Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Vain is the hope by colouring to display
The bright effulgence of the noontide ray
Or paint read more

Vain is the hope by colouring to display
The bright effulgence of the noontide ray
Or paint the full-orb'd ruler of the skies
With pencils dipt in dull terrestrial dyes.

And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most.

And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most.

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

I mix them with my brains, sir.

I mix them with my brains, sir.

A picture is a poem without words.

A picture is a poem without words.

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.

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?