Quote of the Day

"I am essentially a painter of the kind of still life composition that communicates a sense of tranquillity and privacy, moods which I have always valued above all else." - M.C. Escher


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"I am essentially a painter of the kind of still life composition that communicates a sense of tranquillity and privacy, moods which I have always valued above all else." - M.C. Escher
"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way--things I had no words for." - Georgia O'Keeffe
"A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art." - Paul Cézanne
"Art is a lie that makes us realize truth." - Pablo Picasso