“Colors are the smiles of nature.” – Leigh Hunt

“Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.” – Francis Bacon

“I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment.” – Marc Chagall

“Nature can do more than physicians.” – Oliver Cromwell

“The goal of art was the vital expression of self.” – Alfred Stieglitz

“A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds.” – Henry Moore

“We live in the world when we love it.” – Rabindranath Tagore

“I think about my work every minute of the day.” – Jeff Koons

“When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.” – Joseph Joubert

“When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson