Life and Art
“Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, The Summing Up
― W. Somerset Maugham, The Summing Up
“Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. I try to act in that gap between the two.
– 1959, from a catalogue”
― Robert Rauschenberg
― Robert Rauschenberg
“I paint to rest from the phenomena of the external world – to pronounce it — and to make notations of its essences with which to verify the inner eye.”
― Morris Graves
― Morris Graves
“The life of the arts… is a test of the quality of a nation’s civilization.”
― John F. Kennedy
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
― George Bernard Shaw
― George Bernard Shaw
Writing is Fun-damental-- from Gwendolyn Hoff 