“I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.” – Vincent Van Gogh

“Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star.” – Lucy Maud Montgomery

“They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.” – Francis Bacon

“I will preach with my brush.” – Henry Ossawa Tanner

“I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.” – Jackson Pollock

“Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown.” – Stephen Gardiner

“The world is always in movement.” – V. S. Naipaul

“When I draw something, the brain and the hands work together.” – Tadao Ando

“Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.” – John Webster

“Paint the essential character of things.” – Camille Pissarro