- “If you wait for inspiration before you go to work, you’re going to make two paintings a year.” ~ Robert Mazur
- “I can pick a flower, and it will last only a few days. If I paint it, it will be forever in bloom.” ~ Barbara Dave
- “You can’t fake it. To produce anything worthwhile requires a lot of work.” ~ Ed Horlbeck
- “You can’t please everyone, and it is pointless to try.” ~ Alan Rose
- “Don’t try to figure out what others want: decide what you want in life.” ~ Mari Anne Figgins
- “Be yourself. Just be yourself about your art and everything else.” ~ Terry Miller
- “Show raw emotion in what you paint.” ~ Rose Anne Samuelson
- “Discouragement is detrimental to your ‘painting health’”. ~ Ed Pointer
- “You must be honest with yourself and all others.” ~ Regina Dunne
- “If you don’t respect the other side of the argument, there can be no dialogue.” ~ Margaret Tcheng Ware