Famous quote by Noel Coward

Mobile Desktop
Mona Lisa looks as if she has just been sick, or is about to be
Like

"Mona Lisa looks as if she has just been sick, or is about to be"

- Noel Coward

About this Quote

Noel Coward's quote about the Mona Lisa recommends that the painting communicates a sense of anxiousness and discomfort. The painting's subject seems in a state of distress, as if she has actually simply been ill or is about to be. This analysis of the painting implies that the lady in the painting is in a susceptible state, which her expression is one of apprehension and concern. The painting's soft colors and the lady's enigmatic smile even more add to the sense of unease that the painting communicates. Coward's quote recommends that the painting is not simply a picture of a lady, but rather a representation of a complicated emotion. The painting's subtlety and uncertainty allow viewers to analyze the painting in a range of methods, and Coward's quote is one such analysis.

About the Author

England Flag This quote is written / told by Noel Coward between December 16, 1899 and March 26, 1973. He/she was a famous Playwright from England. The author also have 25 other quotes.

Go to author profile

Similar Quotes

Small: Im sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody - J.D. Salinger
J.D. Salinger
"I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody"
J.D. Salinger, Novelist
Small: Im sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect - J.D. Salinger
J.D. Salinger
"I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect"
J.D. Salinger, Novelist
Small: I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick. Not wounded. Dead - Woody Allen
Woody Allen
"I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick. Not wounded. Dead"
Woody Allen, Director
Small: Its better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else - Phil McGraw
"It's better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else"
Phil McGraw, Psychologist
Small: My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary -
Martin Luther
"My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary"
Martin Luther, Professor
Small: If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that you are sick - Johann Wolfga
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that you are sick"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man is the nurse to the sounder - Hen
Henry David Thoreau
"Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man is the nurse to the sounder"
Henry David Thoreau, Author
Small: Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy, you dont need it: if you are sick you should not take it - Henry Ford
Henry Ford
"Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy, you don't need it: if you are sick you should not take it"
Henry Ford, Businessman
Small: In the sick room, ten cents worth of human understanding equals ten dollars worth of medical science - Martin
Martin H. Fischer
"In the sick room, ten cents' worth of human understanding equals ten dollars' worth of medical science"
Martin H. Fischer, Author
Small: People will sooner aid a sick dog lying on the sidewalk than to try to find shelter for a sick person. Its too
"People will sooner aid a sick dog lying on the sidewalk than to try to find shelter for a sick person. It's too much to deal with"
Michael Zaslow, Actor