Paul Emsley Quotes:

I'm always worried about the sitters - are they cold, are they hot, are they comfortable?

Topics: Anxiety, Hot, Cold

I'm developed as an artist to accept the fact there are different points of view, but I believe in what I do and I have to stay with that.

Topics: Believe, Artist, Views, Different Points Of View

Photography today is so accurate and so good that it's really so much easier just to take photographs and work from them.

Topics: Photography, Today, Easier

I don't have lots of things in the background. I do like large faces. I find them strong and contemporary.

source: - "Kate portrait: First painting gets mixed reviews". BBC Interview, www.bbc.com. January 11, 2013.

Topics: Strong, Faces, Portraiture

I'm interested in the landscape of the face, the way in which light and shadow fall across the forms. That's really my subject matter.

source: - "Kate portrait: First painting gets mixed reviews". www.bbc.com. January 11, 2013.

Topics: Fall, Light, Shadow, Subject Matter

I have painted and drawn bulls for some time because of their density and all the symbolism they carry.

Topics: Symbolism, Bulls, Density

As an artist, you do understand you're never going to please everybody.

Topics: Artist, Please