I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it. Laurie Anderson
An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs. Edgard Varese
The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor. Paul Getty
The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box. Henri Cartier-Bresson
I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me. Roy Lichtenstein
I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need. Auguste Rodin
Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture. Arthur Erickson
The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above. Cyril Connolly
Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product. Edward Steichen