"Every new painting is like throwing myself into the water without knowing how to swim." — Edouard Manet, French painter, born 1832
"You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate all the interest on this single and universal figure and still keep it living and real." — Edouard Manet, French painter, born 1832
"In a face, look for the main light and the main shadow; the rest will come naturally — it's often not important. And then you must cultivate your memory, because Nature will only provide you with references. Nature is like a warden in a lunatic asylum. It stops you from becoming banal." — Edouard Manet, French painter, born 1832
"Love can't bear dying, and nothing is greater than love that bears parting." — Manhae, Korean Buddhist monk, born 1879
"Old age, sickness, death–because of you I don't hate them." — Manhae, Korean Buddhist monk, born 1879
"A blade of grass becomes the six-foot golden Buddha, and the six-foot golden Buddha becomes a blade of grass. The entire world is one nest, and all things a little bird." — Manhae, Korean Buddhist monk, born 1879
"What is truth in photography? It can be told in a hundred different ways. Every thirtieth of a second when the shutter snaps, it's capturing a different piece of information." — Sally Mann, American photographer, born 1951
"Like all photographers, I depend on serendipity. I pray for what might be referred to as the angel of chance." — Sally Mann, American photographer, born 1951
"Solitude produces originality, bold and astonishing beauty, poetry. But solitude also produces perverseness, the disproportianate, the absurd and the forbidden." — Thomas Mann, German novelist, born 1875