Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.  Edgar Degas

 

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.  Paul Cézanne

 

Looking is a gift, but seeing is a power.  Jeff Berner 

 

Art teaches nothing except the significance of life.  Henry Miller

 

We are not interested in the unusual, but in the usual seen unusually.  Beaumont Newhall

 

Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.  Joseph Conrad

 

It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.  J. K. Rowling

 

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. Anatole France

 

In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light.  Hans Hofmann

 

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. Aristotle

 

The art of a people is the true mirror to their minds.  Jawaharlal Nehru

 

Be sensitive to your sensitive inner capacities to respond to color.  Nathan Cabot Hale

 

We cannot express the light in nature because we have not the sun. We can only express the light we have in ourselves.  Arthur Dove

 

Visualize what you want to do before you do it. Visualization is so powerful that when you know what you want, you will get it.  Audrey Flack