The character of the artist doesn't enter into the nature of the art

Sometimes, when I've been staring too hard, I've noticed that I could see the circumference of my own eye.

Everything is autobiographical and everything is a portrait.

I would wish my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them.

The character of the artist doesn't enter into the nature of the art

Painting is sometimes like those recipes where you do all manner of elaborate things to a duck, and then end up putting it on one side and only using the skin.

And, since the model he faithfully copies is not going to be hung up next to the picture, since the picture is going to be there on its own, it is of no interest whether it is an accurate copy of the model.