The beauty of art is that it comes from the heart.

Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life?

Be drawn to the visual arts for it can expand your imagination.

Ah, but is it not the mind that is the real grace of Homo sapiens? All the things to think about! All the things to read and appreciate! All the arts! All the things of the spirit!

I wanted to paint a picture some day that people would stand before and forget that it was made of paint. I wanted it to creep into them like a bar of music and mushroom there like a soft bullet.

Walter Pater said that all the arts aspire to the condition of music, but I’ve always felt that music aspires to the condition of words.

The world needs great inspires, who will encourage every living soul to reach their highest potential. You can be one.

I don’t want to re-write the same old book with the same tired techniques. I’d rather bring something new to the table that’s true to me and that people will have a genuine reaction to. That’s the whole point, isn’t it?

We are not here to question the possible,we are here to challenge the impossible.

The data on the economic utility of artists is really, really strong. Artists and entrepreneurs are the same people...And of course entrepreneurs are the people who provide all of the vision for the entire capitalist system. They're absolutely necessary.But conservatives tend to be so blind to art that they can't even see that the artists are the ones who drive the economy forward!