other peoples' thoughts.......

......on art.



The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at the center of the jaunt. ~Bono

The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection. ~Michelangelo

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. ~Henry Ward Beecher

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. ~Scott Adams

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary. ~Pablo Picasso

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. ~Pablo Picasso

All art requires courage. ~Anne Tucker

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for. ~Georgia O'Keeffe

An artist never really finishes his work; he merely abandons it. ~Paul Valéry

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable. ~George Bernard Shaw