“Gardens are not made by singing “Oh, how beautiful,” and sitting in the shade.” ~~ Rudyard Kipling
Filed Under: Achievement, Art, Beauty, Rudyard Kipling
“I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.” ~~ Edgar Allan Poe
“An artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature.” ~~ Pierre-Auguste Renoir
“Are you really sure that a floor can’t also be a ceiling?” ~~ M.C. Escher
“It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me. I assure you, dear friend, no one has given so much care to the study of composition as I. There is scarcely a famous master in music whose works I have not frequently and diligently studied.” ~~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.” ~~ Claude Monet
“I’ve been forty years discovering that the queen of all colors is black.” ~~ Pierre-Auguste Renoir
“My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece.” ~~ Claude Monet
