One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself. – Leonardo da Vinci

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself. – Leonardo da Vinci

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

Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn. – Martin Amis

Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn. – Martin Amis

‘Paint only what you see,’ his hero Millet had admonished. ‘Imagination is a burden to a painter,’ Auguste Renoir had told him. ‘Painters are craftsmen, not storytellers. Paint what you see.’ Ah, but what they hadn’t said, hadn’t warned him about, was how much you could see. – Christopher Moore

‘Paint only what you see,’ his hero Millet had admonished.
‘Imagination is a burden to a painter,’ Auguste Renoir had told him. ‘Painters are craftsmen, not storytellers. Paint what you see.’
Ah, but what they hadn’t said, hadn’t warned him about, was how much you could see. – Christopher Moore

He took his pain and turned it into something beautiful. Into something that people connect to. And that’s what good music does. It speaks to you. It changes you. – Hannah Harrington

He took his pain and turned it into something beautiful. Into something that people connect to. And that’s what good music does. It speaks to you. It changes you. – Hannah Harrington

A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know. – Diane Arbus

A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know. – Diane Arbus

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. – Émile Zola

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. – Émile Zola