I want to paint men and women with that something of the external which the halo used to symbolize, and which we now seek to give by the actual radiance and vibrancy of our colorings.
Ah! Portraiture, portraiture with the thought, the soul of the model in it, that is what I think must come.
There is no self-portrait of me.
A competent portraitist knows how to imply the profile in the full face.
I remember that at one time I always made a drawing before going to bed!! - Of myself I mean - though I finally destroyed most of them.
Listen: if I am a painter and I do your portrait, have I or haven't I the right to paint you as I want?
I shall praise those faces which seem to project out of the picture as though they were sculptured, and I shall censure those faces in which I see no art but that of outline.
I don't have lots of things in the background. I do like large faces. I find them strong and contemporary.
Everything I paint is a portrait, whatever the subject.
I'm an odd portrait painter in that I'm not just interested in human faces. I consider almost all of my paintings to be portraits.