“In reality art is always for everyone and for no one.” – Eugenio Montale

“A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.” – Joshua Reynolds

“One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.” – Balthus

“I am not strong on perfection.” – Jasper Johns

“The business of art is to reveal the relation between man and his environment.” – D. H. Lawrence

“I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.” – Henri Matisse

“An artist’s career always begins tomorrow.” – James Whistler

“The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.” – Paul Cezanne

“When artists make art, they shouldn’t question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.” – Sol LeWitt

“I start a picture and I finish it.” – Jean-Michel Basquiat