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'...and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?'
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh, Peasant Woman Binding Sheaves (after Millet), 1889
'When everything goes right a mobile is a piece of poetry that dances with the joy of life and surprise!'
Alexander Calder
Alexander Calder, Triple Gong, 1951
'Above all, it is a matter of loving art, not understanding it'
Fernand Léger
Fernand Léger, Femme dans un fauteuil, 1913
'I start a picture and I finish it. I don't think about art while I work. I try to think about life'
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Sabado por la Noche, 1984
'I feel ever so strongly that an artist must be nourished by his passions and his despairs'
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, Seated Figure, 1960
'Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening'
Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo as Mata Hari, directed by G. Fitzmaurice, 1931
© MGM
'Art should be something that liberates your soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further'
Keith Haring
Keith Haring, The Tree of Monkeys, 1984
'Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life'
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso, Femme de l’Ile de Majorque, 1905
'I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things'
Tom Waits
Tom Waits, photo by © D. Kelly