“I believe art is utterly important. It is one of the things that could...” — Mary Oliver Quote

“I believe art is utterly important. It is one of the things that could save us.”

“I want to think again of dangerous and noble things.”

“I think one thing is that prayer has become more useful, interesting, fruitful, and... almost involuntary in my life.”

“The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose.”

“Galleries began growing in both number and size in the late seventies, when artists who worked in lofts wanted to exhibit their work in spaces similar to the ones the art was made in.”

“Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.”