A Few, It's In There, On the Same Page but Is It Legal

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. – Pablo Picasso

To hinder an artist is a crime, to do so is to murder burgeoning life. – Egon Schiele (died age 27 from influenza with wife)

Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things. – Edgar Degas

A man paints with his brains and not his hands. – Michelangelo

Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master. – Leonardo da Vinci

Art is an adventure into an unknown world, which can be explored only by those willing to take the risks. – Mark Rothko

The most beautiful thing to experience is the mystery. – Albert Einstein

The job of the artist is to always deepen the mystery. – Francis Bacon

I often think the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day. – Vincent van Gogh

I close my eyes in order to see. – Paul Gauguin

Nobody sees a flower really – it is so small – we haven’t time, and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time. – Georgia O’Keefe

Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it. Do something else to it again. – Jasper Johns

Just do it. – Nike

Peek-A-Boo. – Anonymous

Bam. – Emeril Lagasse

(laugh) – Eddie Murphy

Let them eat paste. – George Carlin

Yes…my little piranha fish. – John Cleese

Truth or Dare. – Madonna

You would be surprised how little I knew as recently as yesterday. – Jack Kerouac

The Andromeda Strain. – Michael Chrichton

Perfume. – Patric Suskind

Angels and Insects. – A.S. Byatt

Where the Wild Things Are. – Maurice Sendak

More, more, more, more, never feed a dinosaur. – Sandra Boynton

Possession. – A.S. Byatt

The unexamined life is not worth living. – Socrates

A man must stand in fear of just those things that truly havge the power to do us harm, of nothing else is fearsome. – Dante

Life is suffering. – Buddha

You can not simply paint a landscape once tanks have driven through it. – Anselm Kiefer

Man is a political animal. – Aristotle

So act that you at the same time will that your act shall be raised to a level of universal law for anyone at anytime. – Immanuel Kant

Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder. – Aristotle

To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop. – Mozart

I know you are but what am I, infinity. – Pee Wee Herman

Good Grief. – Charlie Brown

You may b what you eat, but you r what you see…eye the br.

Man oh man, where is the woman in here? I am a man, I just happen to have a womb in there. Get it out – ‘out, out, damn spot – .’

What makes me special?

I am special because I care that someone should ask such a thing of me.

If I ever do a good thing, it will be because there are good things and good people behind me.

When I dance on the bar, will you give me a shot?

May we all rest in peace, eventually…Siddartha Beth Pierce was here March 28, 2001, 9:05 pm EST

Unless Otherwise Noted:

All works are the property of the artist.

1980s

Whatever.

1990s

On March 29th I heard Maroon wherein:

I have never seen so much blood in my life and you are the last thing on my mind.

A Bare Naked Lady

The New Millennium

L.H.O.O.Q. II

© 2008 Siddartha Beth Pierce

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Helen Woodward

Here, Here!!! I'll give you a shot...line 'em up...salute! My favorite quote has to be Dante's. I'm surprised I didn't find one from Kahill Gibran? They were all wonderful teachers and optimists, something that is rare in todays confused society. This was a brilliant idea of yours...wish I had thought of it! Three cheers for the artist, no matter which form of art is awarded them. May they keep sharing...Jesus was an optimist, he actually believed in us, more than we believe in him.
Helen :-)