Quote by Oscar Wilde
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the a

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. – Oscar Wilde

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I know not whether Laws be right or whether Laws be wrong; all that we know who live in gaol is that the wall is strong; and that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long. – Oscar Wilde

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Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise rest only vaguely discernible, and perhaps altogether unseen. – George Jean Nathan

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Contrary to popular opinion, things dont go stale particularly fast in the art world. – Jerry Saltz

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Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together. – John Ruskin

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I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. – Willie Nelson

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