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

Painting is the grandchild of nature...

“Painting is the grandchild of nature. It is related to God.” 
Rembrandt

The best and most beautiful things...

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart."
Helen Keller

...love is the beauty of the soul.

"Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul."
Augustine

Image of God...

"It is the creative potential itself in human beings that is the image of God."
Mary Daly