“The secret of art is love.” – Antoine Bourdelle

“God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the cat. He has no real style. He just keeps on trying other things.” – Pablo Picasso

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” – Pablo Picasso

“The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist” – Eric Gill

“The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.” – Auguste Rodin

“If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.” – Willa Sibert Cather

“The true artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Art arises when the secret vision of the artist and the manifestation of nature agree to find new shapes.” – Kahlil Gibran

“The artist does not tinker with the universe, he recreates it out of his own experience and understanding of life.” – Henry Mille