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"Instead of simply looking at the painting, listen for the music inside it."

— Philippe Chambon

"In all chaos, there is a cosmos. In all disorder, a secret order."

— Carl Jung

"The symbol of all art is the prism...

break up the white light of objective realism into the secret glories which it contains."

— E. E. Cummings

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

— Plutarch

"The painting has a life of its own.

I try to let it come through."

— Jackson Pollock

"I have always preferred the reflection of the life, to life itself."

— Francois Truffaut

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe."

— Anatole France