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

Other quotes by Oscar Wilde

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love. – Oscar Wilde

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Love
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Men marry because they are tired women, because they are curious both are disappointed. – Oscar Wilde

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Men
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With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stock broker, can gain a reputation for being civilized. – Oscar Wilde

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In art as in love, instinct is enough. – Anatole France

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Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them for these only gave them life, those the art of living well. – Aristotle

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Art

The task of art today is to bring chaos into order. – Theodor Adorno

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Time extracts various values from a painters work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is. – Henri Matisse

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Art

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