“Planet Mississippi”
2000

“Originality depends only on the character of the drawing and the vision peculiar to each artist.” — Georges Seurat

“Drawing is the basis of art. A bad painter cannot draw. But one who draws well can always paint.” — Arshile Gorky

“The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.” — Claude Monet

“The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.” — Alberto Giacometti

“The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of.” — Leonardo da Vinci

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” — Pablo Picasso

“Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist.” — Rene Magritte

“Art is not what you see but what you make others see.” — Edgar Degas

“Color is a power which directly influences the soul.” — Kandinsky

“Art is a line around your thoughts.” — Gustav Klimt

“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.” — Pablo Picasso

“A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.” — Leonardo da Vinci

“Drawing is exercise for a restless imagination.” — Tim Burton

“The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before.” — Neil Gaiman

“Original artistic invention demands that even the inventor be surprised.” — Judith Schaechter

“Inspiration is for amateurs — the rest of us just show up and get to work.” — Chuck Close

“An artist is an explorer.” — Henri Matisse