“Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.” – Arthur Erickson

“The poetry of the earth is never dead.” – John Keats

“It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature.” – Henry David Thoreau

“In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus

“Self-defence is Nature’s eldest law.” – John Dryden

“Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.” – Balthus

“I paint as if I were Rothschild.” – Paul Cezanne

“The Sun, Moon and Stars are there to guide us.” – Dennis Banks

“With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.” – Henri Matisse

“Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.” – Virgil