There is nothing new in art except talent.

We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

—Anton Chekhov

Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.

—Anton Chekhov

Man is what he believes.

—Anton Chekhov

The sea has neither meaning nor pity.

—Anton Chekhov

Alas, what is terrible is not the skeletons, but the fact that I am no longer terrified by them.

—Anton Chekhov

Male writers get asked what they think, women what they feel.

—Eleanor Catton

Painting is an attempt to come to terms with life. There are as many solutions as there are human beings.

—Unknown

Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere.

—George Bernard Shaw

I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.

—G. K. Chesterton