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"Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known." Oscar Wilde

"Every artist is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed." Leo Rosten

"Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known." Oscar Wilde

"I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best" Frida Kahlo

"C'est dans le travail d'une vie que réside la véritable séduction." [Pablo Picasso]

All painting is abstract, it must be organised. David Hockney

"Bad artists always admire each other's works". Oscar Wilde

"In life beauty perishes, but not in art." Leonardo da Vinci

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925), Madame Pierre Gautreau), 1883–84, Oil on canvas, 82 1/8 x 43 1/4 in. (208.6 x 109.9 cm), Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1916 (16.53) © 2000–2009 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend. John Singer Sargent

The citizens of Toledo never tire of seen El Greco's painting. Alonso de Villegas