I would like to paint the way a bird sings.

I wish I had been born blind and then recovered my sight, so I could paint without knowing what the objects before me were.

I have been able to find all the elements of art in nature.

-- Camille Claudel

A rooster is no less worthy a subject than a dragon.

-- Itō Jakuchū

I want to be remembered for only one thing: my contribution to aviation.

-- Howard Hughes

I have never worked a day in my life without selling. If I believe in something, I sell it, and I sell it hard.

-- Estée Lauder

I hold the imitation of color to be the greatest difficulty of art.

-- El Greco

If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.

-- Ray Kroc