The Talmud

 We don't see the world as it is.  We see the world as we are.

Mark Tansay

 A painted picture is like a vehicle.  One can either sit in the driveway and take it apart or one can get in it and go somewhere.

Terry Teachout

 A masterpiece doesn't push you around.  It lets you make up your own mind about what it means - and change it as often as you like.  
[Wall Street Journal, Oct 17, 2009]

Don Thompson

 Just remember the key part of the word contemporary is temporary.
 [Quoted in The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of 
 Contemporary Art and Auction Houses]

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
(1864-1901)

At last I do not know how to draw.

Mark Twain

 It usually takes me about three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.