“The mission of art is to represent nature not to imitate her.” – William Morris Hunt

“I have seen the movement of the sinews of the sky, And the blood coursing in the veins of the moon.” – Muhammad Iqbal

“An art book is a museum without walls.” – Andre Malraux

“The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.” – Zora Neale Hurston

“But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean.” – H. P. Lovecraft

“It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found.” – Wilson Mizner

“Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth.” – Peter Benchley

“Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.” – Franz Liszt

“You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.” – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“Vision is the true creative rhythm.” – Robert Delaunay