“ Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic. Ambrose Bierce
“ The artists are the most powerful ones, the creators, first are the painters, working without words, second are the music composers, and third are the writers. Robert Black
“ You can never kill the spirit of an artist. They will always rewrite their resurrection and paint an eternal sunset with a blaze of orange that no one has seen before. Shannon L. Alder
“ He remembered that in the art books he had leafed through at Leader's, many paintings depicted death. A severed head on a platter. A battle, and the ground strewn with bodies. Swords and spears and fi… Lois Lowry
“ Painting is a blind man's profession. He paints not what he sees but what he feels what he tells himself about what he has seen. Pablo Picasso
“ If you're an artist, always keep at it, there will be someone out there who sees the universe and soul in what you've created. Maybe they can't afford it, but it calls them like the siren in a sea, an… Jennifer Megan Varnadore
“ It's very hard to reach people in Greymouth with pottery or any form of art because they're allergic to it. Allergic to it ever since they began really because they've taken from the ground in the min… Theresa Sjoquist
