"Be a great painter, Asher Lev." He was still looking out the window at the sun and the sky. "That will be the only justification for all the pain your art will cause."

Chaim Potok

"Art is not devoid of reason or intellect. It's packed with it. It's just not driven by it. How can I put this? Maybe it's that the artist is like a train riding on the tracks of experience and logic, but the steam which drives him or her is emotion and vision."

Steve Cook

"For an intended art object to be aesthetically pleasing, it must be disengaged from our practical needs and concerns."

Jay Welch

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep."


Scott Adams

"Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth."

Pablo Picaso

"For an intended art object to be aesthetically pleasing, it must be disengaged from our practical needs and concerns.

Jay Welch