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Quote by Oscar Wilde
Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivi

Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public sees, and the public never sees anything. – Oscar Wilde

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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself. – Oscar Wilde

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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

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Few persons who have ever sat for a portrait can have felt anything but inferior while the process is going on. – Anthony Powell

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