“What was any art
But an effort to make a sheath,
a mould in which to imprison for a moment
the shining, elusive element
which is life itself.”
Willa Cather
“Love adds a special seeing to the eye.”
Shakespeare
“Let Your work appear to Your servants.
And Your glory to their children.
And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us,
And establish the work of our hands for us”
Psalm 90:16,17
“The beautiful is as useful as the useful…….perhaps more so.”
The Bishop in “Les Miserables”
by Victor Hugo
“It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and
gives you a deeper meaning.”
Vincent Van Gogh
“Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”
Franz Kafta
“There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.”
Vincent Van Gogh