1. The external teacher creates the source of the heart. ——Zhang Cao

2. Writing is also judged by character. ——Qing Fang Xun

3. Art is a lie that reveals the truth. ——Picasso

4. The painting closest to sculpture is the most perfect. ——Longfellow

5. Painters and poets are allowed to lie. ——British motto

6. The idea is stored in the pen first, and the intention is drawn in the painting. ——Tang·Zhang Yanyuan

7. Clumsy artists always wear other people’s glasses. ——Rodin

8. Heaven and earth are made of life, and paintings are made of pen and ink. ——Shi Tao

9. Battle scenes and paintings should be viewed from a distance. ——Britain

10. There is a painting in the house, which is equivalent to hanging an idea. ——Reynolds

11. Art is an assumption that allows us to achieve reality. ——Picasso

12. Artists use their brains, not their hands to draw. ——Michelangelo

13. I owe you the truth of painting, and I will tell you in the painting. ——Cézanne

14. Don’t take pictures for granted, silent poems praise the ages. ——Xu Wei, Ming Dynasty

15. Whoever wants to devote himself to painting must first understand the language. ——Matisse

16. There is never a lack of beauty in life, but a lack of eyes to discover beauty. ——Rodin

17. Speaking of lifelong love for art, it actually still sprouted in elementary school. ——Sanmao

18. There are two kinds of paintings: one is material and the other is spiritual. ——Kandinsky

19. It is absolutely impossible to create a masterpiece by copying natural scenery.

—— Joe Reynolds