Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones.

Knowledge is power. Rather, knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge -- broad, deep knowledge -- is to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low. To know the thoughts and deeds that have marked man's progress is to feel the great heartthrobs of humanity through the centuries; and if one does not feel in these pulsations a heavenward striving, one must indeed be deaf to the harmonies of life.

Helen Keller

Much good art got made while money ruled I like a lot of it, and hardship and poverty aren't virtues. The good news is that, since almost no one will be selling art, artists - especially emerging ones - won't have to think about turning out a consistent style or creating a brand. They'll be able to experiment as much as they want.

Jerry Saltz

I feel that you are justified in looking into the future with true assurance, because you have a mode of living in which we find the joy of life and the joy of work harmoniously combined. Added to this is the spirit of ambition which pervades your very being, and seems to make the day's work like a happy child at play. (referring to America)

Albert Einstein

I would rather be guilty of talking over a person's head than behind his back.

Adlai Stevenson

Think about scary movies: There's a fine line between horror and humor.

Roy Blount, Jr.

A three -- to four -- to five-hour experience with nothingness.

Frederic Glezer

Working with my dad was such a gas. We approached the work in a similar way. We only made two films together when I was an adult, Tucker, and Blown Away, but it was so much fun to play with your parent like that.

Jeff Bridges

Love is merely madness...

William Shakespeare

Secrecy is the element of all goodness even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.

Thomas Carlyle

The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.

Erich Fromm

In its most limited sense, modern, art would seem to concern itself only with the technical innovations of the period.

Edward Hopper

Of course I believe in aliens. I think it's very egocentric to think that there's nothing else with intelligence in the whole universe.

Lizzie Brochere