"There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun."
- Pablo Picasso

"If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all."
- Michelangelo

"Art is not what you see, but what you make other see."
- Edgar Degas

"The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting."
- Vincent van Gogh

"A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art."
- Paul Cezzanne