I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. – Frank Lloyd Wright

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. – Frank Lloyd Wright

His judgement demonstrates that one can be a genius and understand nothing of an art that is not one’s own. – Victor Hugo

His judgement demonstrates that one can be a genius and understand nothing of an art that is not one’s own. – Victor Hugo

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. – Pablo Picasso

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. – Pablo Picasso

A writer – and, I believe, generally all persons – must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art. – Jorge Luis Borges

A writer – and, I believe, generally all persons – must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art. – Jorge Luis Borges