Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. – Leonardo da Vinci

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. – Leonardo da Vinci

I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free. – Georgia O’Keeffe

I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free. – Georgia O’Keeffe

Artists exist to show us the world. So do windows. – Jarod Kintz

Artists exist to show us the world. So do windows. – Jarod Kintz

I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you’re an idiot. – Steve Martin

I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you’re an idiot. – Steve Martin

Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it. – Flannery O’Connor

Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it. – Flannery O’Connor

The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness – Yann Arthus-Bertrand

The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness – Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn’t matter. I’m not sure a bad person can write a good book. If art doesn’t make us better, then what on earth is it for. – Alice Walker

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn’t matter. I’m not sure a bad person can write a good book. If art doesn’t make us better, then what on earth is it for. – Alice Walker

A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world. – Edmond de Goncourt

A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world. – Edmond de Goncourt

Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure: that of being Salvador Dali. – Salvador Dalí

Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure: that of being Salvador Dali. – Salvador Dalí

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious. – John Irving

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious. – John Irving

Creativity is an act of defiance. – Twyla Tharp

Creativity is an act of defiance. – Twyla Tharp

Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art. – Charles Baudelaire

Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art. – Charles Baudelaire