Ad Reinhardt

"We all name ourselves.  We call ourselves artists.  Nobody asks us.  Nobody says you are or you aren't."

— Ad Reinhardt

1913 - 1967

Edith Wharton

"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."

— Edith Wharton

1862 -1937

William Wordsworth

"Come forth into the light of things.  Let nature be your teacher."

— William Wordsworth

1770 - 1850

William Blake

"What is now proven was once only imagined."

— William Blake

1757 - 1827

Zig Ziglar

"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals."

— Zig Ziglar

1926 -

Antoine Cozpel

"Painting must do for the eyes what poetry does for the ears."

— Antoine Cozpel

1661 - 1722

Hephzibah Menuhin

"Freedom means choosing your burden."

— Hephzibah Menuhin

1920 - 1981

Henry David Thoreau

“Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.”

— Henry David Thoreau

1817 - 1862

Gustave Courbet

"Art is a wholly physical language whose words are all the visible objects."

— Gustave Courbet
French Painter

1819 - 1877

Karl Barth

"Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God."

— Karl Barth

1886 - 1968

Dean Acheson

"The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time."

— Dean Acheson

1893 - 1971

Henry Moore

"To be an artist is to believe in life."

— Henry Moore

1898 -1986

Margaret Atwood

"The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them; there ought to be as many for love."

— Margaret Atwood
Canadian Novelist

1939 -

Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."

— Nathaniel Hawthorne
American Novelist

1804 - 1864

Gerard de Nerval

"Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature."

— Gerard de Nerval

1808 – 1855