…the second time you see something is really the first time. You need to know how it ends before you can appreciate how beautifully it’s put together from the beginning. – David Gilmour

…the second time you see something is really the first time. You need to know how it ends before you can appreciate how beautifully it’s put together from the beginning. – David Gilmour

The painter will produce pictures of little merit if he takes the works of others as his standard. – Leonardo da Vinci

The painter will produce pictures of little merit if he takes the works of others as his standard. – Leonardo da Vinci

It’s not enough to be nice in life. You’ve got to have nerve. – Georgia O’Keeffe

It’s not enough to be nice in life. You’ve got to have nerve. – Georgia O’Keeffe

The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is is another question. – James Joyce

The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is is another question. – James Joyce

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting. – Peter Shaffer

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting. – Peter Shaffer

The greatest artist does not have any concept Which a single piece of marble does not itself contain Within its excess, though only A hand that obeys the intellect can discover it. – Michelangelo

The greatest artist does not have any concept
Which a single piece of marble does not itself contain
Within its excess, though only
A hand that obeys the intellect can discover it. – Michelangelo

If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint. – Edward Hopper

If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint. – Edward Hopper

I’ve decided the act that cannot wait / is the important will to create / But, ah, if my belly is ignored / the pantry door I shall implore / But I’ve been known to reach the bed / ideas still famished in my head. – Roman Payne

I’ve decided the act that cannot wait / is the important will to create / But, ah, if my belly is ignored / the pantry door I shall implore / But I’ve been known to reach the bed / ideas still famished in my head. – Roman Payne

We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause. – Steven Pressfield

We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause. – Steven Pressfield

People love mystery, and that is why they love my paintings. – Salvador Dalí

People love mystery, and that is why they love my paintings. – Salvador Dalí

A Christian should use these arts to the glory of God, not just as tracts, mind you, but as things of beauty to the praise of God. An art work can be a doxology in itself. – Francis August Schaeffer

A Christian should use these arts to the glory of God, not just as tracts, mind you, but as things of beauty to the praise of God. An art work can be a doxology in itself. – Francis August Schaeffer

I like living, breathing better than working…my art is that of living. Each second, each breath is a work which is inscribed nowhere, which is neither visual nor cerebral, it’s a sort of constant euphoria. – Marcel Duchamp

I like living, breathing better than working…my art is that of living. Each second, each breath is a work which is inscribed nowhere, which is neither visual nor cerebral, it’s a sort of constant euphoria. – Marcel Duchamp