The portraits of Dora Maar are among the most popular and most important works that he did. For the better part of a decade she was his muse, his model, his intellectual companion, his intellectual sparring partner.

Charles Moffett

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They reflect the times. This is 1941. Europe is sliding very quickly into war, France is about to be occupied by Germany, and it was a time of enormous anxiety, tension, fear.

— Charles Moffett

Dora had a dog, an Afghan who died. She hated cats, but Picasso forced a black cat on her anyway. There's no question that in this picture it is emblematic of her fiery personality.

— Charles Moffett

The off-center portrait (of Lincoln and Hamilton) has been enlarged; the fine lines printed behind both the portraits are now much more difficult to replicate than the earlier original,

— Lawrence Summers

Portraits are supposed to "look within," but in my opinion very few people have an interior significantly different from the outside portrait.

— Jon Witcomb

We bought portraits and blazers for each of the champs. I remember Bill asking me how we were going to pay for that. We decided to raise the sponsor fees for the bowlers from $50 to $100. That paid for the blazers.

— Harry Wells