John Singer Sargent Quotes:
Ocupation: Artist
Life: January 12, 1856 - April 14, 1925
Birthday: January 12
Death: April 14
famous quotes
Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.
source: - Quoted in Evan Esar, A Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (1949)
Topics: Funny, Art, Truth, Self Portrait
Make the best of an emergency.
source: - Trevor J. Fairbrother, John Singer Sargent (2000). “John Singer Sargent: The Sensualist”, p.219, Yale University Press
Topics: Emergencies
I don't dig beneath the surface for things that don't appear before my own eyes.
Topics: Eye, Beneath The Surface, Surface
Topics: Appreciation, Eye, Color
source: - "John Sargent". Book by K.C. Charteris, p. 1231927, 1927.
Topics: Book, Technique, Different, Impressionism, Couture
source: - "John Sargent". Book by K.C. Charteris, p. 123, 1927.
Topics: Eye, Names, Vision, Impressionism, Monet
It is certain that at certain times talent entirely overcomes thought or poetry.
Topics: Overcoming, Talent, Certain
Topics: Dark, Light, Way, Impressionism, Eyesight
Topics: Artist, Men, Clubs, Painting A Picture
Topics: Groups, Posture, Incidents, Wherever You Are
