Models Quotes - Page 4

• He who draws... ought to take his position so that the eye of the figure he is drawing is on a level with his own... because, generally, figures or people whom you meet in the streets all have their eyes at the same level as yours, and if you make them higher or lower you will find that your portrait will not resemble them.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Eye, Drawing, People

  Leonardo (da Vinci) (1938). “The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci”

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• The model for me is a touchstone, it is a door which I must break open in order to reach the garden in which I am alone and feel good, even the model exists only for what use I can make of it.

  Henri Matisse

  Garden, Doors, Order

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• You will have to scrutinize the model sharply to find the proportions - how the weight is supported, how each joint is functioning... Look for the color and tone and texture... how the light falls on the figure, especially the face.

  Howard Pyle

  Fall, Color, Light

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• When I have a model who is quiet and steady and with whom I am acquainted, then I draw repeatedly 'til there is one drawing that is different from the rest, which does not look like an ordinary study, but more typical and with more feeling.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Drawing, Feelings, Typical

  Vincent van Gogh, Anthon Gerhard Alexander Rappard (ridder van), Anthon van Rappard (1936). “Letters to an artist: from Vincent van Gogh to Anton ridder van Rappard, 1881-1885”

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• It is well for young men to have a model, but let them draw the curtain over it while they are painting.

  Paul Gauguin

  Men, Painting, Curtains

  Paul Gauguin (2012). “Gauguin's Intimate Journals”, p.27, Courier Corporation

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• I was aware that on my skill as a painter would depend the physical and moral possession of the model.

  Paul Gauguin

  Skills, Moral, Possession

  Paul Gauguin (2012). “Noa Noa: The Tahitian Journal”, p.13, Courier Corporation

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• In front of the model I work with the same will to reproduce truth as if I were making a portrait. I do not correct nature, I incorporate myself into it; it directs me. I can only work with a model. The sight of human forms nourishes and comforts me.

  Auguste Rodin

  Sight, Portraits, Comfort

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• Has your drawing the meaning you saw in the model at first?

  Robert Henri

  Drawing, Saws, Firsts

  Robert Henri (2007). “The Art Spirit”, p.239, Basic Books

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• Me, myself, personally, I like to keep myself private. I have never said I am a paragon of virtue, a model of morality. I simply do what I do.

  Steve Coogan

  Morality, Virtue, Said

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Every public school in the country should have a nutrition-education curriculum. We're creating a pilot program at my son's school. We are looking to create a replicable model that can help bring good nutrition to all children.

  Cat Cora

  Country, Children, School

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• Even in normal life, I'm not the skinniest model.

  Cindy Crawford

  Normal, Normal Life

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• How many girls, models or not, are secure about their bodies? I think I'm more realistic about what to expect of myself now. I also have a lot of other things than modeling going on in my life that I'm proud of.

  Cindy Crawford

  Girl, Thinking, Body

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• New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance. The New York State government was at one time a national model. Now, unfortunately, it's a national disgrace. Sometimes, the corruption in Albany could even make Boss Tweed blush.

  Andrew Cuomo

  New York, Government, Boss

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• My mother and stepfather were married 43 years, so I have watched a long marriage. I feel like I had a very good role model for that. And, you know, it's just a number.

  Jamie Lee Curtis

  Anniversary, Mother, Years

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• I have no sense of a model or predecessor when I write a memoir: For me, the form exists as a method of processing material that retains too many connections to life to be approached strictly and aesthetically. A memoir is a risk, a one-off, a bastard child.

  Rachel Cusk

  Children, Writing, Risk

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• I don't want to be perfect, but I do want to be a role model. My mom always tells me that imperfections equal beauty. All of us are imperfect.

  Miley Cyrus

  Mom, Mother, Role Models

  "Miley Cyrus talks about 'the trust thing' and being a role model to young girls". Entertainment Tonight Interview, celebritybabies.people.com. January 18, 2008.

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• I will be a role model for cancer patients for the rest of my life. But you know what? When I was getting chemo, those people inspired me.

  Eric Davis

  Cancer, People, Role Models

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that is ruled by men.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Men, People, Role Models

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• In Algeria, I had begun to get into literature and philosophy. I dreamed of writing-and already models were instructing the dream, a certain language governed it.

  Jacques Derrida

  Dream, Philosophy, Writing

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• I'm a pretty girl who's a model who doesn't suck as an actress.

  Cameron Diaz

  Girl, Actresses, Supermodel

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• I am just at that stage of wondering where I go from here. I came into this business almost by accident, but now it has become serious. What started as a bit of fun, something to do other than be a model, has taken on a different career curve. I have been forced to ask where that curve is going to end up.

  Cameron Diaz

  Fun, Taken, Curves

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• Mothers don't let your daughters grow up to be models unless you're present.

  Janice Dickinson

  Mom, Daughter, Mother

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• But as a young model, I never felt as beautiful as I looked.

  Janice Dickinson

  Beautiful, Young, Felt

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• I became a cover girl and an editorial model, and then I became a runway model.

  Janice Dickinson

  Girl, Runway, Editorials

  "Janice Dickinson's Model Behavior". Interview with Margy Rochlin, www.tvguide.com. June 26, 2006.

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• The industry has died as far as modeling has gone, and I'll tell you why. Magazines are featuring the Halle Berrys and Sarah Jessica Parkers, all the actresses. Makeup companies are featuring all the celebrities. All the models have died.

  Janice Dickinson

  Makeup, Magazines, Actresses

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