He possessed the logic of all good intentions and a knowledge of all the tricks of his trade, and yet he never succeeded at anything, because he believed too much in the impossible. Surprising? Why so? He was forever in the act of conceiving it! – Charles Baudelaire

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. – Pablo Picasso

Nature is a haunted house–but Art–is a house that tries to be haunted. – Emily Dickinson

Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it. – Pope John Paul II

Tattooing, when understood in its entirety, must be seen as a religious act. The human being brings forth images from the center of the self and communicates them to the world. Fantasy is embodied in reality and the person is made whole. – Spider Webb

Tattooing, when understood in its entirety, must be seen as a religious act. The human being brings forth images from the center of the self and communicates them to the world. Fantasy is embodied in reality and the person is made whole. – Spider Webb

You don’t take a photograph, you make it. – Ansel Adams