“ Appreciation of works of art requires organized effort and systematic study. Art appreciation can no more be absorbed by aimless wandering in galleries than can surgery be learned by casual visits to a hospital. Albert C. Barnes Chemist
“ He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars. William Blake Poet
“ It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise. Homer Author
“ Artists will sometimes speak of Rome with disparagement or indifference while it is before them; but no artist ewer lived in Rome and then left it, without sighing to return. George Stillman Hillard Lawyer
“ What interests me most is neither still life nor landscape, but the human figure. Henri Matisse Artist