- Thomas Cromwell: [Speaking of Anne] I think when Your Magesty gets to know the lady better...
- King Henry VIII: I do not want to know the lady better!
- Thomas Cromwell: This is no ordinary painting, Mr. Holbein. A great many things hang upon it. To that effect, however you should find the lady, whatever her actual appearance, I pray you use your art and give her at least a pleasing countenance.
- Hans Holbein: Even if she is as ugly as sin?
- Thomas Cromwell: I am fairly certain she is not so.
- Hans Holbein: But still you wish me, if necessary, to lie.
- Thomas Cromwell: Surely all art is a lie, Mr. Holbein.