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Louise Nevelson: I see no...

Louise Nevelson: I see no...

I see no reason why I should tickle stones or waste time on polishing bronze.

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Jules Feiffer: Good swiping is...

Jules Feiffer: Good swiping is...

Good swiping is an art in itself.

Source: In 21st Century Dictionary of Quotations,...

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Paul Gauguin: I shut my...

Paul Gauguin: I shut my...

I shut my eyes in order to see.

Source: In Quotable Business, ed. Louis E. Boone,...

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Willem de Kooning: Whatever an artist's...

Willem de Kooning: Whatever an artist's...

Whatever an artist's personal feelings are, as soon as an artist fills a certain area on the canvas or circumscribes...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: When you take...

Georgia O'Keeffe: When you take...

When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment.

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Georgia O'Keeffe: Before I put...

Georgia O'Keeffe: Before I put...

Before I put a brush to canvas, I question, Is this mine? . . . Is it influenced by some idea which I have acquired...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: I decided that...

Georgia O'Keeffe: I decided that...

I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: I am trying...

Georgia O'Keeffe: I am trying...

I am trying with all my skill to do a painting that is all woman, as well as all of me.

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Robert Townsend: One of the...

Robert Townsend: One of the...

One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses for...

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W Clement Stone: When you discover...

W Clement Stone: When you discover...

When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get...

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Robert Millikan: Perhaps the Mad...

Robert Millikan: Perhaps the Mad...

Perhaps the Mad Hatter had a reason for calling time Him.

Source: Time, Matter and...

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Stephane Mallarme: Dreams have as...

Stephane Mallarme: Dreams have as...

Dreams have as much influence as actions.

Source: In Quotable Business, ed. Louis...

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Basil Bunting: Always carry a...

Basil Bunting: Always carry a...

Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself.

Source: In The...

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Caius Valerius Catullus: Oh, this age!...

Caius Valerius Catullus: Oh, this age!...

Oh, this age! How tasteless and ill-bred it is!

Source: From Rand Lindsly's HUGE...

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John Ashbery: I don't look...

John Ashbery: I don't look...

I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a...

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Jean de la Fontaine: But the shortest...

Jean de la Fontaine: But the shortest...

But the shortest works are always the best.

Source: Fables, X, 'Les Lapins'.
--...

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George Moses Horton: I leave my...

George Moses Horton: I leave my...

I leave my parents here behind
And all my friends to love resigned
'Tis grief to go, but death to...

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Theodore Roethke: The soul has...

Theodore Roethke: The soul has...

The soul has many motions, body one.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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Edith Sitwell: Poetry is the...

Edith Sitwell: Poetry is the...

Poetry is the deification of reality.

Source: In Life, 4 Jan 1963.
-- Edith...

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Robert Frost: A mother takes...

Robert Frost: A mother takes...

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty...

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