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People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.

— Robert Mapplethorpe

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.

— Imogen Cunningham

The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century.

— Balthus

Painting is something that requires a lot of time - it's not just one good idea out of art school.

— Caio Fonseca

Painters aren't expected to paint bleak pictures, are they?

— Alexander McCall Smith

When I get my hands on painting materials I don't give a damn about other people's painting... every generation must start again afresh.

— Maurice de Vlaminck

You know, if one paints someone's portrait, one should not know him if possible.

— Otto Dix

I'm very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits.

— Howard Hodgkin

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

— Pablo Picasso

The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see, they're always looking ahead to something new and exciting. The secret is not to look back.

— Norman Rockwell

✗Opposing Perspectives

People think because it's photography it's not worth as much, and because it's a woman artist, you're still not getting as much - there's still definitely that happening. I'm still really competitive when it comes to, I guess, the male painters and male artists. I still think that's really unfair.

— Cindy Sherman