"Bad artists always admire each other's work...." - Quote by Oscar Wilde

“All authority is quite degrading. It degrades those who exercise it, and it degrades those over whom it is exercised.”

“The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.”

“Far away beyond the pine-woods,' he answered, in a low dreamy voice, 'there is a little garden. There the grass grows long and deep, there are the great white stars of the hemlock flower, there the nightingale sings all night long. All night long he sings, and the cold, crystal moon looks down, and the yew-tree spreads out its giant arms over the sleepers.”

“Experimentation is the key to 'lively up' the art.”

“The true critic is he who bears within himself the dreams and ideas and feelings of myriad generations, and to whom no form of thought is alien, no emotional impulse obscure.”

“Few artists have influenced the sound and trajectory of popular music more distinctly, or touched quite so many people with their talent. A strong spirit transcends rules,' Prince once said - and nobody's spirit was stronger, bolder, or more creative. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, his band, and all who loved him.”

“The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.”

“The function of the artist is to invent, not to chronicle.”

“No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.”