“Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.” – Evelyn Waugh

“Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.” – Evelyn Waugh

“Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.” – Lincoln Steffens

“What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.” – Edward Hopper

“Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.” – Henri Matisse

“Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.” – John Ruskin

“Painting and writing are solitary arts.” – Conrad Hall

“Anything simple always interests me.” – David Hockney

“Architecture is the art of how to waste space.” – Philip Johnson

“If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.” – Honore de Balzac