“The stars don’t look bigger, but they do look brighter.” – Sally Ride

“I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota.” – Gustave Courbet

“Art will never be able to exist without nature.” – Pierre Bonnard

“A drawing is simply a line going for a walk.” – Paul Klee

“I believe I can even yet remember when I saw the stars for the first time.” – Max Muller

“Rules and models destroy genius and art.” – William Hazlitt

“Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.” – Samuel Butler

“There is a role and function for beauty in our time.” – Tadao Ando

“There is nothing new in art except talent.” – Anton Chekhov

“We must return to nature and nature’s god.” – Luther Burbank