“Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad”
- Salvador Dali
“The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing”
- Eugene Delacroix
“Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead”
- W. H. Auden
“The first mistake of art is to assume that it’s serious”
- Lester Bangs
“If commercialization is putting my art on a shirt so that a kid who can’t afford a $30,000 painting can buy one, then I’m all for it”
- Keith Haring
“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home”
– Twyla Tharp
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind”
- Dr Suess
“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child”
- Pablo Picasso
“Do not fear mistakes – there are none”
- Miles David
“As my artist’s statement explains, my work is utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance”
- Bill Watterson
“You can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club”
- Jack London
Now, if you will excuse me, I will take Jack’s advice; I will gather my clubs and go.
– Synthetic Geek