“In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

“There is one thing one has to have: either a soul that is cheerful by nature, or a soul made cheerful by work, love, art, and knowledge.” - Friedrich Nietzsche

“The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.” - Michelangelo

“Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.” - George Bernard Shaw

“The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make him ruin his work” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson