“The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.” – Edward Gibbon

“Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.” – Claude Monet

“My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.” – Clara Schumann

“You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.” – Walter Hagen

“A film is a petrified fountain of thought.” – Jean Cocteau

“Less is more.” – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

“Nature’s music is never over; her silences are pauses, not conclusions.” – Mary Webb

“Pictures must not be too picturesque.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.” – Wallace Stevens

“Never buy four C-plus paintings when you can buy one A.” – Walter Annenberg