"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."
--Edgar Degas

"Art is the signature of Civilizations."
--Beverly Sills

"Creativity takes courage."
--Henri Matisse

"The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place; from the sky, from the earth,
from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web."
--Pablo Picasso