Old stuff and Portraits :)

Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.  ~Stella Adler

The artist gazes upon a reality and creates his own impression.  The viewer gazes upon the impression and creates his own reality.  ~Robert Brault,

As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.  ~John Lubbock

While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.  ~Odilon Redon