Provenance

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture,

society must set the artist free to follow his

vision wherever it takes him. ~John F. Kennedy

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. ~Henry Ward Beecher

Agrestal Artery

Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than 

we can ever learn from books. ~John Lubbock

As a single footstep will not make a path on

the earth, so a single thought will not make 

a pathway in the mind. To make a deep

physical path, we walk again and again. To

make a deep mental path, we must think over

and over the kind of thoughts we wish to

dominate our lives. ~Henry David Thoreau

Reality of Hope

It is difficult to say what is impossible, for 

the dream of yesterday is the hope of today

and the reality of tomorrow. ~Robert H. Schuller

I really do believe that God is love, one 

of deep affection and grace and forgiveness

and inspiration.  ~William P. Young

Ethereal Passion

No act of kindness, no matter 

how small, is ever wasted.~Aesop

Better pass boldly into that other world, in

the full glory of some passion, than fade and

wither dismally with age. ~James Joyce

Finding Contrast

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its

lights are stronger in the contrast. ~Charles Dickens

Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. ~Hans Christian Andersen

The light of lights looks always on the motive, 

not the deed, the shadows on the deed alone.

~William Butler Yeats

Intrepid Soul

Character cannot be developed in ease 

and quiet. Only through experience of 

trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. ~Helen Keller

Permanence, perseverance, and persistence

in spite of all obstacles, discouragements,

and impossibilities: 

It is this, that in all things distinguishes the

strong soul from the weak. ~Thomas Carlyle

Expressions of Simplicity

The art of art, the glory of expression 

and the sunshine of the light of letters, 

is simplicity. ~Walt Whitman

Simplicity is nature's first step, 

and the last of art. ~Philip James Bailey