Every Time I Paint A Portrait I

A Portrait Is A Picture In Which There Is Just A Tiny Little Something Not Quite Right About The Mouth.

Color Is An Inborn Gift, But Appreciation Of Value Is Merely Training Of The Eye, Which Everyone Ought To Be Able To Acquire.

I Do Not Judge, I Only Chronicle.

Impressionism' Was The Name Given To A Certain Form Of Observation When Monet, Not Content With Using His Eyes To See What Things Were Or What They Looked Like As Everybody Had Done Before Him, Turned His Attention To Noting What Took Place On His Own Retina (as An Oculist Would Test His Own Vision).

Every Time I Paint A Portrait I Lose A Friend.