Favorite Inspirational Art Quotes

There is no shortage of  inspirational art quotes.  Here are some of my favorites:

• Art must be an expression of love or it is nothing. -- Marc Chagall
• I am seeking. I am striving. I am in it with all my heart. -- Vincent van Gogh
• Creativity takes courage. -- Henri Matisse
• Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. --Pablo Picasso
• To be an artist is to believe in life. -- Henry Moore
• It is important to express oneself...provided the feelings are real and are taken from you own experience. --  Berthe Morisot
• Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing.  Making your unknown known is the important thing. -- Georgia O’Keeffe
• A good artist has less time than ideas. -- Martin Kippenberger
• Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it.-- Salvador Dali
• It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.-- Henry David Thoreau

And my favorite:

• Paint what you want to see, not what you see.-- Lian Quan Zhen

This week's painting is of a blue heron I saw last August when I was canoe camping in the Adirondacks.  The painting is in a beautiful barn wood frame that my husband made.

Have a great week,
Danielle