“To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature.” – Max Beerbohm

“Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.” – Oscar Wilde

“God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.” – Martin Luther

“I don’t paint things. I only paint the difference between things.” – Henri Matisse

“Great art picks up where nature ends.” – Marc Chagall

“I’ve always regarded nature as the clothing of God.” – Alan Hovhaness

“The fulness of the godhead dwelt in every blade of grass.” – Elias Hicks

“Art is not living. It is the use of living.” – Audre Lorde

“A great artist is a great man in a great child.” – Victor Hugo

“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.” – Henry David Thoreau