“ Technique does not constitute art. Nor is it a vague, fuzzy romantic quality known as ‘beauty,’ remote from the realities of everyday life. It is the depth and intensity of an artist’s experience that are the first importance in art. Grant Wood Painter
“ The emotions are sometimes so strong that I work without knowing it. The strokes come like speech. Vincent Van Gogh Painter
“ And thou art terrible--the tear, The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier; And all we know, or dream, or fear Of agony, are thine. Fitz-Greene Halleck Poet
“ Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. Max De Pree Writer
“ Becoming mature is not important for art. Technical perfection is not relevant to art. Precision in art is only achieved by total duty of loyalty. Love, lusciousness, birth and fertility are precise tools of art, like laws. Jonathan Meese Painter
“ The art of these Fifties movies was in sustaining forever the moment before sex. Twyla Tharp Dancer
“ Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to human welfare. Herbert Spencer Philosopher
“ I have found, through years of practice, that people garden in order to make something grow; to interact with nature; to share, to find sanctuary, to heal, to honor the earth, to leave a mark. Through gardening, we feel whole as we make our personal work of art upon our land. Julie Moir Messervy Author