“Art is a celebration of life, intended by the artist to put the spectator in touch with the divine.” ~ Joseph Plaskett
“Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.” ~ Kafka
“Color in a painting is like enthusiasm in life.” ~ Vincent Van Gogh
“Good art is not what it looks like, but what it does to us.” ~ Roy Adzak

“Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci
“The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.” ~ Joan Miro
"It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academicism. There is no such thing as good painting about nothing." ~ Mark Rothko

"My instinct about painting says, 'if you don't think about it, it's right.' As soon as you have to decide and choose,
it's wrong. And the more you decide about, the more wrong it gets." ~ Andy Warhol
"Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things." ~ Edgar Degas
“The painting has a life of its own.” ~ Jackson Pollock