I don't look for skill in art. I look for originality, surprise, obsession, energy, experimentation, something visionary, and a willingness to embarrass oneself in public." Jerry Saltz, New York Magazine art critic
"If you have no sense of limits, then you’re free to break out of them.” Helen Frankenthaler, American abstract expressionist painter
“My suggestion to anyone who is creative — never hold back.” Bill Cunningham, New York Times fashion photographer
"An artist is not special. An artist is an ordinary person who can take ordinary things and make them special." Ruth Asawa, American Sculptor
“They don’t have to buy it to have it. They can have it just by knowing it.” Lawrence Weiner, American conceptual artist
“Reaching -- from where I was starting that is all I know how to do.” Michelle Obama in her autobiography "Becoming"
"The only way we learn is by failing." Dennis Stradford, author & artist
“Art is anything you can get away with.” Andy Warhol
“We do not remember artists who followed the rules more than anyone else. Instead we remember those from which the rules inevitably follow. Art that deals with ideas is more interesting than art that deals with technique." David Bayles, author of "Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking"
“Every child is born an artist. The trick is remaining one as an adult.” Pablo Picasso