“Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.” – Carl Sandburg

“The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.” – Abraham Lincoln

“I am following Nature without being able to grasp her, I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.” – Claude Monet

“You cannot step into the same river twice.” – Heraclitus

“Art is the signature of civilizations.” – Beverly Sills

“A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.” – Albert Camus

“Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.” – Stewart Udall

“Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.” – Leo Tolstoy

“If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.” – Anatole France

“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.” – Langston Hughes