“Changes in societal structure and in art would possess more creditbility if they had their origins in the soul & spirit. If people read the words of the prophets with closer attention, they would find the keys to life. -Marc Chagall”

“To be attached to one's dreams and yet to advocate reality constituted no contradiction in Chagall's eyes.”

“To create works of art meant no less to him than to paint life, not mere reality, but the principle of life.”

“I put my heart and soul into my work, and have half lost my mind in the process.' Van Gogh”

“Yet it was precisely these points which marked out van Gogh's own view of beauty, based on the people in his environment, who were admittedly not beautiful, but who embodied his idea of truth.”

“and I am quite sure that they are worth being painted.”

“I'm no pessimist. I don't loathe art because I couldn't live without devoting all my time to it. I love it as the only end of my life. Everything I do connected with it gives me intense pleasure. But still, I don't see why the whole world should be taken up with art, demand its credentials, and on that subject give free rein to its own stupidity. Museums are just a lot of lies, and the people who make art their business are mostly imposters.' -Picasso”