The only time I feel alive is when I am painting. Vincent Van Gogh

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

All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness. Eric Tolle

Intuition means exactly what it sounds like, in-tuition! An inner tutor or teaching and learning mechanism that takes us forward daily. It is a resource that, where recognized, has infinite potential. Sylvia Clare

A sincere artist is not one who makes a faithful attempt to put on to canvas what is in front of him, but one who tries to create something, which is, in itself, a living thing. Claude Monet

The canvas is the door to another dimension. The paintbrush is the key. Luhraw

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. Edgar Degas

I shut my eyes in order to see. Paul Gauguin

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

Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious. Jean Cocteau

Color is a power which directly influences the soul. Wassily Kandinsky

Color is my day long obsession, joy, and torment. Claude Monet

Everything you can imagine is real. Pablo Picasso

Creativity takes courage. Henri Matisse

Creativity is contagious, pass it on. Albert Einstein

Every painting is a voyage into a sacred harbor. Giotto di Bondone

I dream my painting and I paint my dream. Vincent van Gogh

The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel. Piet Mondrian

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art. Paul Cézanne

Painting is by nature a luminous language. Robert Delaunay

I believe that painting should come through the avenues of meditation rather than the canals of action. Mark Tobey

No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination. Edward Hopper

Creativity is the most supreme form of love. When it flows from any heart flooded by truth and light, it can change all those who encounter its seductive vibrations. Suzy Kassem

Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist. René Magritte

Real painters understand with a brush in their hand. Berthe Morisot

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way... things I had no words for. Georgia O'Keeffe

A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. Edgar Degas

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks. Plutarch

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun. Pablo Picasso

Art is a process, not a product.MaryAnn F. Kohl

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?Leonardo da Vinci

Imitation is not inspiration, and inspiration only can give birth to a work of art. The least of man's original emanation is better than the best of borrowed thought. Albert Pinkham Ryder

Have no fear of perfection, you’ll never reach it. Salvador Dali

The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection. Michelangelo

It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it. Mary Cassatt

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. Albert Einstein

Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create. Maria Montessori

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible. Jonathan Swift

Imagination is everything!Termina Ashton

Imagination is the highest kite that can fly. Lauren Bacall

So rapid is the flight of dreams upon the wings of imagination. Alexandre Dumas

Don't try to comprehend with your mind. Your minds are very limited. Use your intuition. Madeleine L'Engle

Insight is not a lightbulb that goes off inside our heads. It is a flickering candle that can easily be snuffed out. Malcolm Gladwell

Intuition is a sense of knowing how to act spontaneously, without needing to know why. Sylvia Clare

When I stopped to take a breath, I noticed I had wings. Jodi Livon