Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. ~Scott Adams
Painting is just another way of keeping a diary. ~Pablo Picasso
Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. ~Twyla Tharp
The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. ~William Faulkner
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. ~Pablo Picasso
Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. ~Stella Adler
Painting is silent poetry. ~Plutarch, Moralia: How to Study Poetry
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. ~Leonardo da Vinci
It has been said that art is a tryst, for in the joy of it maker and beholder meet. ~Kojiro Tomita
Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in. ~Amy Lowell
To send light into the darkness of mens hearts - such is the duty of the artist. ~Schumann