“Through a painting we can see the whole world.” – Hans Hofmann

“The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.” – Isaac Bashevis Singer

“The bluebird carries the sky on his back.” – Henry David Thoreau

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman

“When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.” – Alfred Eisenstaedt

“How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.” – Arthur C. Clarke

“Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.” – George Bernard Shaw

“Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.” – Augustus Hare

“Autumn’s the mellow time.” – William Allingham

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” – Thomas Merton