Lionel Trilling

“What marks the artist is his power to shape the material of pain we all have.”

Steven Pinker

“Many artists and scholars have pointed out that ultimately art depends on human nature.”

James Schuyler

“To change your phrase somewhat, I know that I like an art where disparate elements form an entity.”

Michael Korda

“Art teaches nothing, except the significance of life.”

Christo

“The work of art is a scream of freedom.”

John James Audubon

“The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear.”

Emily Carr

“Be careful that you do not write or paint anything that is not your own, that you don’t know in your own soul.”

Ludwig van Beethoven

“Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?”

Horace

“A picture is a poem without words.”

Samuel Beckett

“To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.”