“ Remember that a painting - before it is a battle horse, a nude model, or some anecdote - is essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order. Maurice Denis Painter
“ We learned from Gauguin that every work of art is a transposition, a caricature, a passionate equivalent of a sensation which has been experienced. He freed us from all restraints which the idea of copying naturally placed on our painter's instincts. All artists are now free to express their own personality. Maurice Denis Painter
“ A box of crayons and a big sheet of paper provides a more expressive medium for kids than computerized paint programs. Clifford Stoll Author
“ I've always been a bit of a mix between art and technology. I used to paint a lot, but I'm not very good with my hands. It has always been a fusion between my computer gaming interests and being exposed to the rich data of society that we live in. Aaron Koblin Visual Artist
“ It is no use painting the foot of the tree white, the strength of the bark cries out from beneath the paint. Aime Cesaire Poet
“ You have to be a little scared of what you're doing. Otherwise, you just paint the same masterpiece a little worse. Alex Katz Artist
“ I just happen to like ordinary things. When I paint them, I don't try to make them extraordinary. I just try to paint them ordinary-ordina ry. Andy Warhol Artist
“ The painter... does not fit the paints to the world. He most certainly does not fit the world to himself. He fits himself to the paint. The self is the servant who bears the paintbox and its inherited contents. Annie Dillard Author