“Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.” – Pablo Picasso

“A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.” – Hedy Lamarr

“Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.” – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“Coming from Chicago, I like a white Christmas.” – Dennis Franz

“Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.” – Igor Stravinsky

“The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.” – Joan Miro

“How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.” – John Burroughs

“And finally Winter, with its bitin’, whinin’ wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow.” – Roy Bean

“Painting completed my life.” – Frida Kahlo

“We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.” – Walter Scott