"Another unsettling element
in modern art is that common
symptom of immaturity, the
dread of doing what has
been done before."

Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937)

"Artists who seek perfection
in everything are those who
cannot attain it in anything."

Eugene Delacroix (1798 - 1863)

"I paint my own reality.
The only thing I know is
that I paint because
I need to, and I paint
whatever passes through
my head without any other
consideration."

Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954)

"Through all the world
there goes one long
cry from the heart of
the artist: Give me
leave to do my utmost."

Isak Dineson,
'Babette's Feast'