“The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.” – e. e. cummings

“Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design.” – Charles Eames

“It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book.” – Cyril Connolly

“To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.” – Auguste Rodin

“And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.” – Beatrice Wood

“Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

“I refuse to confide and don’t like it when people write about art.” – Balthus

“When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.” – E. O. Wilson

“Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative.” – H. G. Wells

“Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.” – Michelangelo