“It’s so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.” – Paul Cezanne

“The ocean is a mighty harmonist.” – William Wordsworth

“You know, if one paints someone’s portrait, one should not know him if possible.” – Otto Dix

“If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they’d immediately go out.” – William Blake

“The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.” – Saadi

“The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.” – J. Paul Getty

“Art cannot result from sophisticated, frivolous, or superficial effects.” – Hans Hofmann

“What’s a butterfly garden without butterflies?” – Roy Rogers

“One marked feature of the people, both high and low, is a love for flowers.” – Robert Fortune

“To be interested solely in technique would be a very superficial thing to me.” – Andrew Wyeth