“Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.” – Ambrose Bierce

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

“Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model.” – Marilyn French

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

“The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.” – Buddha

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

“Sweet April showers do spring May flowers.” – Thomas Tusser

“Nature is not human hearted.” – Lao Tzu

“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