What I dream of is an art of balance of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing calming influence on the mind rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
Art is the desire of a man to express himself to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.
Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.
Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.
Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.
Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.
The art of art the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters is simplicity.
The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.
There was an age however when the transition from savagery to civilization with all its impressive outward manifestations in art and architecture took place for the first time.
The Queen of Crafts herself Martha Stewart and I have the same birthday. I prefer to think it's the glue-gun wielding perfect-tart-producing Martha and not the copper pan-throwing jail-going Martha. But I suppose if I am going to share a calendar square with some of Martha I have to share it with all of Martha.