“A painting that is well composed is half finished.” – Pierre Bonnard

“There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.” – Thomas Jefferson

“One’s art goes as far and as deep as one’s love goes.” – Andrew Wyeth

“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.” – Alphonse Karr

“The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon.” – Jean Ingelow

“Light in Nature creates the movement of colors.” – Robert Delaunay

“I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.” – Vincent Van Gogh

“Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.” – Walter Scott

“The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.” – Francis Bacon

“In art, the obvious is a sin.” – Edward Dmytryk