Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye-it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.”
-Edvard Munch
“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.”
-Degas
“Art attempts to find in the universe… what is fundamental, enduring, essential.”
-Saul Bellow
“No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.”
-Edward Hopper