“Art teaches nothing, except the significance of life.” – Michael Korda

“The work of art is a scream of freedom.” – Christo

“To draw you must close your eyes and sing.” – Pablo Picasso

“A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.” – Alexander Pope

“I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don’t need.” – Auguste Rodin

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

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

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

“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