“Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.” – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

“Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.” – Stephen Sondheim

“What marks the artist is his power to shape the material of pain we all have.” – Lionel Trilling

“Many artists and scholars have pointed out that ultimately art depends on human nature.” – Steven Pinker

“Nature’s far too subtle to repeat herself.” – Paul Muni

“But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

“To change your phrase somewhat, I know that I like an art where disparate elements form an entity.” – James Schuyler

“Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God.” – Honore de Balzac

“Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is.” – Robert Smithson

“The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.” – Jerzy Kosinski