“The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired.” – Gustave Courbet

“You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.” – Pierre Bonnard

“What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it.” – Charles Dudley Warner

“Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art.” – Susan Sontag

“My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.” – Aldous Huxley

“Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.” – Frank Zappa

“The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake of pleasing man.” – John Ruskin

“Illusion is the first of all pleasures.” – Voltaire

“Art hurts. Art urges voyages – and it is easier to stay at home.” – Gwendolyn Brooks

“Great things are done when men and mountains meet.” – William Blake