“The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear.” – John James Audubon

“Won’t you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you.” – Richard Brinsley Sheridan

“The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired.” – Gustave Courbet

“Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.” – Henry Ward Beecher

“You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.” – Pierre Bonnard

“The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.” – Matsuo Basho

“If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.” – Hal Borland

“Be careful that you do not write or paint anything that is not your own, that you don’t know in your own soul.” – Emily Carr

“I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body.” – Barbara Hepworth

“Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.” – William Shakespeare