“The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.” – Emile Zola

“Autumn is my favorite season.” – Johnny Kelly

“My love of fine art increased – the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see.” – J. Paul Getty

“The good man is the friend of all living things.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.” – Jerzy Kosinski

“No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.” – Samuel Johnson

“A painting that is well composed is half finished.” – Pierre Bonnard

“There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.” – Thomas Jefferson

“One’s art goes as far and as deep as one’s love goes.” – Andrew Wyeth

“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.” – Alphonse Karr