"What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things . . . it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface."
— Constantin Brancusi

"A work of art is not a matter of thinking beautiful thoughts or experiencing
tender emotions (though those are its raw materials), but of intelligence, skill,
taste, proportion, knowledge, discipline and industry; especially discipline."
— Evelyn Waug

"Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches."
— Andy Warhol