The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it. ~ Banksy
At moments of great enthusiasm it seems to me that no one in the world has ever made something this beautiful and important. ~ M.C. Escher
All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness. ~ Eckhart Tolle
Whether I'm painting or not, I have this overweening interest in humanity. Even if I'm not working, I'm still analyzing people. ~ Alice Neel
To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within the soul. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Art is the only thing you cannot punch a button for. You must do it the old-fashioned way. ~ Leontyne Price
Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite -- getting something down.
The Artist's Way ~ Julia Cameron
Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
