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“Art is frozen Zen.” ...R. H. Blyth

“...black is the queen of colors.” ...Auguste Rodin

..“Black is not a color.” ...Edouard Manet

-----------------Scroll .........................down ---------------..-------...-for .................................... .....more. . .   “How often haven’t I found that .wanting to use a blue I didn’t have it... ...so I used a red instead of the blue.” Pablo Picasso

.......“The painter can only do good things when he no longer knows what he is doing.” ........................................................................ Edgar Degas

“ A p a i n t i n g i s a f l a t s u r f a c e w i t h p a i n t o n i t . ” Motto of Constructivism

. “Art is too serious to be taken seriously.” .................Ad Reinhardt . . ................................................................................................"We don't take fun ..........................seriously enough." ...................................................................................................................designers Ray and Charles Eames

.................... "I hate flowers. ..........................I paint them because they’re cheaper than models ................................ and they don’t move!” Georgia O’Keefe

"The only persons who should be listened to, upon any subject, are artists." ......Don Marquis

............................................................................."If you ask me what I came to do in this world, ..........................................................I, an artist, will answer you... ...............................................................................I am here to live out loud." ........................................................................................................................................................................................Emile Zola           " First I dream my painting, ..................then I paint my dream. " ............................................Vincent van Gogh     “Let the beauty we love ..........................be what we do.” ...... Rumi            ..........."Be ready to catch the ball when it is thrown by life." .......... Steve Jobs           "Gravity .............is.............. ...................a response ..... to .       geometry."   ...............................................................................................................Albert Einstein                 Albert Einstein'''''''''''''''''''''''''''.....       ... "If nothing else, I'm making a movie that I'll enjoy." ...............................Zack Braff ... Garden State: writer, director, actor       "Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you." Thich Nhat Hanh         ............................................" We're here on earth to fart around. " .................................................................................................Kurt Vonnegut           " We have the ability.in Lake Wobegon to look reality in the eye .. . . ..and ignore it. "   Garrison Keillor, A Prairie Home Companion, NPR               ..................................."The purpose of art .............................................................is to reflect new emerging values .........................................................................and to define the new heroes and heroines ...........................................................so that people can absorb them ...............................................into their perceptions." .......................................................Edward De Bono .........................................................................................Handbook For the Positive Revolution           "The best museum is Bloomingdales." .............................................................................................................................Andy Warhol           "Our prime purpose in this life is to help others and if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them."   The Dalai Lama         ....................................................."Your life is the show." ..............................................................Phil Rosenthal, .........................................................................................................Creator and Executive Producer, .................................................................................................. "Everybody Loves Raymond"         "You are what you play." Jill Duffy, Managing Editor, Game Developer magazine         " I can only show you the door......................................................      ............................................You're the one who has to walk through it. " Morpheus from The Matrix           ................"It doesn't matter how the paint is put on -- .................as long as something is said." .............................................................,Jackson Pollock           "It takes a long time to make it simple." David Hockney t           *** < RETURN to Contents Page ..........................................