Van Meirhaeghe Bernard Quotes & Sayings

What is a portrait good for, unless it shows just how the subject was seen by the painter? In the old days before photography came in a sitter had a perfect right to say to the artist: "Paint me just as I am." Now if he wishes absolute fidelity he can go to the photographer and get it. — Aubrey Beardsley

If more people had put their fellow human beings before abstractions last century, we shouldn't be where we are now. — Brian Aldiss

I pray as much as possible. — Tinie Tempah

They used to put people in stocks to shame them in public. Now you just need a wi-fi connection. On the internet, humiliation lives forever — Lauren Beukes

Last summer I spent almost an hour blowing dandelions off their stems towards him, so that he had a chance to wish for everything he wanted. — Helen Oyeyemi

To know everything is to know nothing, but to know nothing is to know everything. — Confucius

Autumn is a cunning muse who steals by degrees my warmth and light. So distracted by her glorious painting of colors, I scarcely realize my losses until the last fiery leaf has fallen to the ground and the final pumpkin shrinks. Autumn departs with a cold kiss, leaving me to suffer the frigid grasp of winter in prolonged nightfall. — Richelle E. Goodrich