“Shadow owes its birth to light.” – John Gay

“In search of my mother’s garden, I found my own.” – Alice Walker

“I owe much to mother. She had an expert’s understanding, but also approached art emotionally.” – David Rockefeller

“The temple of art is built in words.” – Josiah Gilbert Holland

“Earth is a flower and it’s pollinating.” – Neil Young

“I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me.” – Roy Lichtenstein

“Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.” – Joyce Carol Oates

“The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.” – Tennessee Williams

“To create one’s world in any of the arts takes courage.” – Georgia O’Keeffe

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson