Mark Twain on Portraits
"I believe I have had the most trouble with a portrait which I painted in installments -- the head on one canvas and the bust on another.
The housemaid stood the bust up sideways, and now I don't know which way it goes. Some authorities think it belongs with the breastpin at the top, under the man's chin; others think it belongs the reverse way, on account of the collar, one of these saying, 'A person can wear a breastpin on his stomach if he wants to, but he can't wear his collar anywhere he dern pleases.' "
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