“The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.” – Willa Cather

“I have never seen snow and do not know what winter means.” – Duke Kahanamoku

“The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds.” – Jawaharlal Nehru

“The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract.” – Ellen Key

“Gray skies are just clouds passing over.” – Duke Ellington

“I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.” – Georgia O’Keeffe

“The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.” – Carl Sagan

“The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.” – Blaise Pascal

“If you know somethin’ well, you can always paint it but people would be better off buyin’ chickens.” – Grandma Moses

“What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery