The true work of art...

"The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection."
Michelangelo

Art is a collaboration...

"Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better." Andre Gide

Creativity...

"Creativity is contagious, pass it on."

Albert Einstein

...beauty is God's handwriting.

“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting - a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

God's colors all are fast.

“Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast.”
John Greenleaf Whittier

Art enables us to find ourselves...

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
Thomas Merton

Everybody needs beauty...

“Everybody needs beauty...places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.”
John Muir

Earth's crammed with heaven...

“Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God; But only he who sees, takes off his shoes - The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.”
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

...it is what you see that matters...

“It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.” 
Henry David Thoreau 

The artist is a channel...

“The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.” 
Piet Mondrian 

...the human heart yearns for the beautiful...

"In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike." 
Harriet Beecher Stowe

Beauty is indeed a good gift of God...

"Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked."
Augustine