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“Those who cannot begin do not finish.”
― Robert Henri, The Art Spirit

“A work of art is the trace of a magnificent struggle.”
― Robert Henri, The Art Spirit

“Everything I learned in my life, I learned because I decided to try something new.”
― David Lynch

“Being in darkness and confusion is interesting to me. But behind it you can rise out of that and see things the way the really are. That there is some sort of truth to the whole thing, if you could just get to that point where you could see it, and live it, and feel it … I think it is a long, long, way off. In the meantime there’s suffering and darkness and confusion and absurdities, and it’s people kind of going in circles. It’s fantastic. It’s like a strange carnival: it’s a lot of fun, but it’s a lot of pain.”
― David Lynch

“Und wir: Zuschauer, immer, überall,
dem allen zugewandt und nie hinaus!
Uns überfüllts. Wir ordnens. Es zerfällt.
Wir ordnens wieder und zerfallen selbst.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies

“If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.”
― Edward Hopper

“Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.”
― Edward Hopper

“The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.”
― Robert Henri

“There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual- become clairvoyant. We reach then into reality. Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom. It is in the nature of all people to have these experiences; but in our time and under the conditions of our lives, it is only a rare few who are able to continue in the experience and find expression for it.”
― Robert Henri, The Art Spirit

“Cherish your own emotions and never under-value them.

We are not here to do what has already been done.”
― Robert Henri, The Art Spirit