We demand that people should be true to the pictures we have of them, no matter how repulsive those pictures may be: we prefer the true portrait in all its homogeneity, to one with a detail added which refuses to fit in.
Pamela Hansford Johnson

We know evolution happened because innumerable bits of data from myriad fields of science conjoin to paint a rich portrait of life's pilgrimage.
Michael Shermer

When having my portrait painted I don't want justice, I want mercy.
Billy Hughes

When I paint a person, his enemies always find the portrait a good likeness.
Edvard Munch

When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume, through successive eliminations, you arrive inevitably at the egg. Likewise, starting with the egg and following the same process in reverse, one finishes with the portrait.
Pablo Picasso

You know, if one paints someone's portrait, one should not know him if possible.
Otto Dix

Your library is your portrait.
Holbrook Jackson