Try to do what you cannot, so that you may learn how to do it.

A painting is finished when the painter says it is finished.

Expect the unexpected. And whenever possible, be the unexpected.

-- Jack Dorsey

The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.

-- Linus Pauling

For truly art lies hidden in nature; whoever can draw it out possesses it.

-- Albrecht Dürer

To paint a beautiful woman I would need to see many, but since beautiful women are scarce, I make use of a certain idea that comes to my mind.

-- Raphael

I saw an angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

-- Michelangelo

I do not seek; I find.

-- Pablo Picasso