Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern. – Alfred North Whitehead
Hope and Memory have one daughter and her name is Art, and she has built her dwelling far from the desperate field where men hang out their garments upon forked boughs to be banners of battle. O beloved daughter of Hope and Memory, be with me for a while. – W.B. Yeats
A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know. – Diane Arbus
You cannot create a piece of art merely for money. Doing it as part of commerce so denudes art of wonder that it ceases to be art. – Seth Godin
To consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk. – Edward Weston
When we did art with the kids, the demons would lie down. – Anne Lamott
The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement. – Don Roff
Friendship is an obstetric art; it draws out our richest and deepest resources; it unfolds the wings of our dreams and hidden indeterminate thoughts; it serves as a check on our judgements, tries out our new ideas, keeps up our ardor, and inflames our enthusiasm. – Antonin Sertillanges
The greatest art belongs to the world. Do not be intimidated by the experts. Trust your instincts. Do not be afraid to go against what you were taught, or what you were told to see or believe. Every person, every set of eyes, has the right to the truth. – Blue Balliett
After a few months in my parents’ basement, I took an apartment near the state university, where I discovered both crystal methamphetamine and conceptual art. Either one of these things are dangerous, but in combination they have the potential to destroy entire civilizations. – David Sedaris
Dream delivers us to dream, and there is no end to illusion. Life is like a train of moods like a string of beads, and, as we pass through them, they prove to be many-colored lenses which paint the world their own hue. . . . – Ralph Waldo Emerson
To create art with all the passion in one’s soul is to live art with all the beauty in one’s heart. – Aberjhani
