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Quotation from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
“every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.”
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter I (Project Gutenberg #174 (1891 text))
Basil explains to Lord Henry why he will not exhibit the portrait: he fears it reveals too much of his own devotion.
Citation: "every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter." — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter I (Project Gutenberg #174 (1891 text)). (id the-picture-of-dorian-gray-q2)
Portrait: Oscar Wilde by Napoleon Sarony. Three-quarter-length photograph, seated, Napoleon Sarony / Adam Cuerden, Public domain.
