“Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.” – Oscar Wilde
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"Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter." – Oscar Wilde
"Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter." – Oscar Wilde
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