“All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.” – Federico Fellini

“Hey sky, take off your hat, I’m on my way!” – Valentina Tereshkova

“A portrait is a painting with something wrong with the mouth.” – John Singer Sargent

“In nature there are few sharp lines.” – A. R. Ammons

“Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.” – Jackson Pollock

“Every great inspiration is but an experiment – though every experiment we know, is not a great inspiration.” – Charles Ives

“Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.” – Russell Baker

“Art is too serious to be taken seriously.” – Ad Reinhardt

“Time will pass and seasons will come and go.” – Roy Bean

“Every song is like a painting.” – Dick Dale