Short Portrait Quotes

#1. It is for the artist ... in portrait painting to put on canvas something more than the face the model wears for that one day; to paint the man, in short, as well as his features.

James Whistler

#2. But short films are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. What's appealing is that you don't have as much responsibility for storytelling and plot. They can be more like a portrait, or a poem.

Jane Campion

#3. I picked up my volume of Collected Stories and Poems by Edgar Allen Poe. I sprawled across the bed and flipped through the pages until I came to one of my favorite short stories: "The Oval Portrait.

Crystal Smith Gordon

#4. I rewrite my books many times before submitting them, and after my editor takes a look I wind up rewriting some more! It's a good thing I learned at an early age to keep on trying. Stick to it, and eventually you'll get there.

Wendelin Van Draanen

#5. One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.

Diogenes Laertius

#6. If everybody's doing everything, then who's accountable for anything?

Michael Gerber

#7. The fact that people actually want my autograph is crazy.

Ryan Lochte

#8. Sometimes the world is just out of our control and we like to blames ourselves so that we can make sense out of it.

Joel Surnow