”I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.” - Picasso.

 
“Talent is long patience, and originality an effort of will and of intense observation” – Gustav Flaubert

 
”You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” - Rabindranath Tagore.

"I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful ." - John Constable.

"Perspective is the rein and rudder of painting" - Leonardo da Vinci.

"If you can draw well, tracing won’t hurt; and if you can’t draw well, tracing won’t help." - Bradley Schmehl.

"Paint as you see and be accurate in your drawing: the whole secret of your art is there." - William Bouguereau.

"The essence of drawing is the line exploring space." - Andy Goldsworthy.

"Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better." - Abdre Gude

"I am always doing things I can't do, that's how I get to do them.” - Picasso.

"Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it." - Robert Motherwell

"I never finish a painting -- I just stop working on it for a while." - Arshile Gorky.

"Real painters understand with a brush in their hand ... what does anyone do with rules? Nothing worthwhile." - Berthe Moriset.