“No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.” – Rainer Maria Rilke

“What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.” – Isaac Bashevis Singer

“A forest bird never wants a cage.” – Henrik Ibsen

“I don’t believe in art. I believe in artists.” – Marcel Duchamp

“Blue thou art, intensely blue; Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue?” – James Montgomery

“Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.” – Stella Adler

“What I didn’t know was I was deeply attracted to the big space.” – David Hockney

“The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.” – Jean Giraudoux

“To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.” – Lewis Mumford

“I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.” – Frank Lloyd Wright