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
All artists are vain, they long to be recognized and to leave something to posterity. They want to be loved, and at the same time they want to be free. But nobody is free.
—Francis Bacon
The visible world only becomes the real world by the operation of thought.
—Jean Metzinger
Whatever you do, the only secret is to believe in it and satisfy yourself. Don't do it for anyone else.
—Keith Haring