“I dream my painting, and then I paint my dream.”
 —Vincent Van Gogh

“Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss horticulture.”
 —Jean Cocteau

“I hate flowers. I paint them because they’re cheaper than models and they don’t move”
 —Georgia O’Keeffe

“Anyone who thinks sunshine is happiness, has never danced in the rain!”
 —unknown

“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.”
— Vincent van Gogh

“We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”
—Don Juan in “Journey To Xtlan” by Carlos Castenada

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent; it is the one that is most adaptable to change.”
— Charles Robert Darwin

From the movie “Shakespeare in Love”

Phillip Henslowe: "Mr. Fennyman, allow me to explain about the theatre business. The natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster."
Hugh Fennyman: "So what do we do?"
Phillip Henslowe: "Nothing. Strangely enough, it all turns out well."
Hugh Fennyman: "How?"
Phillip Henslowe: "I don’t know. It’s a mystery.”

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
— Pablo Picasso

“In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live more musically.”
— Vincent Van Gogh