“It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature.” – Henry David Thoreau

“Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love.” – Alfred Sisley

“In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus

“Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.” – Balthus

“Self-defence is Nature’s eldest law.” – John Dryden

“The Sun, Moon and Stars are there to guide us.” – Dennis Banks

“I paint as if I were Rothschild.” – Paul Cezanne

“With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.” – Henri Matisse

“Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.” – Virgil

“Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star.” – Lucy Maud Montgomery