The thing has already taken form in my mind before I start it. The 
first attempts are absolutely unbearable. I say this because I want 
you to know that if you see something worthwhile in what I am doing, 
it is not by accident but because of real direction and purpose.
Vincent van Gogh

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at 
girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea.
John Ciardi

If people knew how hard I worked to gain my 
mastery, it wouldn't seem wonderful at all.
Michelangelo

Interpretation is the revenge of the intellect upon art.
Susan Sontag