River

“You see, for me a painting is a dramatic action in the course of which the reality finds itself split apart. For me, that dramatic action takes precedence over all other considerations. The pure plastic act is only secondary as far as I'm concerned. What counts is the drama of that plastic art, the moment at which the universe comes out of itself and meets its own destruction.”
― Francoise Gilot, Life With Picasso

“I paint the spirit and soul of what I see.”
― Brian Froud

“I haven't the slightest idea what art is, but to be a painter is something of which you have to prove.”
― Wayne Thiebaud

“Painting is marvelous; it makes you happier and more patient. Afterwards you do not have black fingers as with writing, but blue and red ones.”
― Hermann Hesse