Quote by John Singer Sargent

Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

Summary

This quote may suggest that the act of painting a portrait requires intense observation and analysis of the subject, leading the artist to notice and capture subtleties that can strain or change their relationship. By delving deep into a person's character to portray them authentically, the artist may unavoidably expose flaws or vulnerabilities, potentially leading to discomfort or resentment on the part of the subject. Therefore, the quote implies that the process of painting portraits can come at the cost of losing personal connections.

Topics

By John Singer Sargent

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must

You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others.

The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.

The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.

The words of the Constitution are so unrestricted by their i

The words of the Constitution are so unrestricted by their intrinsic meaning or by their history or by tradition or by prior decisions that they leave the individual Justice free, if indeed they do not compel him, to gather meaning not from reading the Constitution but from reading life.

Felix Frankfurter

I've tried several varieties of sex. The conventional positi

I've tried several varieties of sex. The conventional position makes me claustrophobic and the others give me a stiff neck or lockjaw.

Tallulah Bankhead

Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of f

Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.

Edward Hoagland

If you were to destroy the belief in immortality in mankind,

If you were to destroy the belief in immortality in mankind, not only love but every living force on which the continuation of all life in the world depended, would dry up at once.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Life Love Belief Force

You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of tim

You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.

Marquis De Vauvenargues

All right I think we've been down here in the dark long enou

All right I think we've been down here in the dark long enough. There's a whole other world upstairs. Take my hand Constant Reader and I'll be happy to lead you back into the sunshine. I'm happy to go there because I believe most people are essentially good. I know that I am. It's you I'm not entirely sure of.

Funny Light Dark Good And Evil

I don't really remember a time younger than 5 years old that

I don't really remember a time younger than 5 years old that I didn't have skates on because all I can remember is every day, tying up my skates and a big smile on my face, excited to go on the ice.

As to conforming outwardly, and living your own life inwardl

As to conforming outwardly, and living your own life inwardly, I have not a very high opinion of that course.

Henry David Thoreau

Conformity & Nonconformity

Beauty is produced by the pleasing appearance and good taste

Beauty is produced by the pleasing appearance and good taste of the whole, and by the dimensions of all the parts being duly proportioned to each other.

Marcus V. Pollio

I believe in God but people are liars. It's those people who

I believe in God but people are liars. It's those people who say they are appointed by God who I don't believe in.

Isaac Bashevis Singer