LEONARDO DA VINCI

“The eye serves as a window to the human body, through which the soul contemplates and enjoys the beauty of the world, thus accepting the prison of the body, which without this power would be its torment.”

Treatise on Painting
Leonardo da Vinci

BENJAMIN CREME

“Combing the heavens for beauty — because that is what the artist does; he searches the heavens and looks for that vibration of reality which, when expressed in form, creates beauty.”

Maitreya’s Mission, volume two
Benjamin Creme

KANDINSKI

“There is no “must” in art. Art is eternally free. Art flees from “must”, as day flees from night.”

Concerning the Spiritual in Art, and Painting in Particular
Vassily Kandinski

PICASSO

“While I work, I leave my body at the door, just as Muslims remove their shoes before entering the mosque. In this state, the body remains purely vegetative, and that is why we painters live so long.”

Life with Picasso
Françoise Gilot