Imaginary Portraits

Famous quotes containing the words imaginary and/or portraits:

“Where my imaginary line
Bends square in woods, an iron spine
And pile of real rocks have been founded.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)

“It is not merely the likeness which is precious ... but the association and the sense of nearness involved in the thing ... the fact of the very shadow of the person lying there fixed forever! It is the very sanctification of portraits I think—and it is not at all monstrous in me to say ... that I would rather have such a memorial of one I dearly loved, than the noblest Artist’s work ever produced.”
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)