The smiling portrait of you is still hanging on my frowning wall.
JIMI HENDRIX
JIMI HENDRIX
Jimi Hendrix on portrait
Jimi Hendrix75 quotes“The smiling portrait of you is still hanging on my frowning wall.”
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When I paint a person, his enemies always find the portrait a good likeness.
Edvard MunchEdvard Munch Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
TacitusTacitus There is no self-portrait of me.
Gustav KlimtGustav Klimt There is nothing that special to see when looking at me. I’m a painter who paints day in day out, from morning till evening – figure pictures and landscapes, more rarely portraits.
Gustav KlimtGustav Klimt I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed.
Gertrude SteinGertrude Stein Every record is a portrait of the band at that time.
Jimmy PageJimmy Page God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher I love prints of skulls and bones and have some taxidermy – a crow and a rabbit – to remind me of home. I like art and have a big portrait of Bjork.
Ellie GouldingEllie Goulding