*random quotes*

"Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."
George-Louis De Buffon

"Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people."
Leo Burnett

Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.
Paul Rand

"I am still learning."
Michelangelo

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."
Albert Einstein

"Experiences the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson afterward."
Anonymous

"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn¹t thinking."
General George S. Patton

"Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is doing something else."
Tom Peters



"If you have ideas and imagery, technique will follow."
Unknown

Picasso was in a park when a woman approached him and asked him to draw a portrait of her. Picasso agreed and quickly sketches her. After handing the sketch to her, she is pleased with the likeness and asks how much she owed to him. Picasso replies: "$5,000."
The woman screamed, "but it took you only five minutes."
"No, madam, it took me all my life," replied Picasso.
Unknown Source for Story

"Art gives voice to that which has not been spoken."
Unknown

"I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time."
Orson Welles

"Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better."
André Gide

"Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions."
Anonymous

"Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by what you bring to life."
John Homer Miller

"The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious."
Lester Bangs

"It takes a long time to become young."
Pablo Picasso

"Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world."
Thomas Moore

"Life is 1% what happens to you and 99% how you respond to it."
Chuck Swindoll

"You can't depend on your eyes, when your imagination is out of focus."
Mark Twain

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.
John Gardner

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas Edison



"To draw you must close your eyes and sing."
Pablo Picasso

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science."
Albert Einstein

"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious."
Albert Einstein

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Albert Einstein