“Within the painter, there are two things: the eye and the mind; they must serve each other. The artist must work at developing them mutually: the eye for the vision of nature and the mind for the logic of organized sensations, which provide the means of expression” Paul Cézanne
“For me, the subject is of secondary importance: I want to convey what is alive between me and the subject” Claude Monet
“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.” Georgia O'Keefe
“The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.” Robert Henri
“What we create allows us to share glimpses of an inner landscape, one that is beyond our understanding. Art is our portal to unseen world.” Rick Rubin
“ART and LOVE are the same thing: It's process of seeing yourself in things that are not you” Chuck Klosterman
“The great and fatal pitfall in the art field and in life is dependence on the intellect rather than inspiration.” Agnes Martin