Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Good artists copy; great artists steal.

Art is the lie that makes us realize the truth.

There is no envy in the good.

-- Plato

One must still have chaos in oneself to give birth to a dancing star.

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

Painting requires continuous thought and tireless labor.

-- Sandro Botticelli

My passion comes from the heavens, not from earthly musings.

-- Peter Paul Rubens

I do not seek; I find.

-- Rembrandt

I arrange my subject as I want, then I begin to paint it like a child.

-- Pierre-Auguste Renoir