oscar

image found here: http://www.cmgworldwide.com/historic/wilde/photo8.htm

Art, like Nature, has her monsters, things of bestial shape and with
hideous voices.

Wilde, Oscar - http://quotationsbook.com/author/7717/

rachel carson

"If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder without any such gift from the fairies, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in."

Carson, Rachel · Imagination

"Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the Earth are never alone or weary of life."

Carson, Rachel ·

quotes found here:
http://quotationsbook.com/author/1347/

josef albers

I've handled colour as a man should behave. You may conclude that I consider ethics and aesthetics as one.
Josef Albers


I prefer to see with closed eyes.
Josef Albers

Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.
------Josef Albers


Josef Albers
Astatic, 1944
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
1974.122.1
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http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pinfo?Object=54850+0+none
http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pimage?54850+0+

groucho

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.
Marx, Groucho