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
Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic. Ambrose Bierce
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. Andre Gide
Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do. Edgar Degas
The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure. Dale Carnegie
Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass. Fran Lebowitz
Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling. Gilbert K. Chesterton
The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it. Carl Rogers
I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning. Andy Warhol
Painting is just another way of keeping a diary. Pablo Picasso