“… the ultimate aim (in art making) is to create an environment that would allow the miracle of empathy to take place, …” —Kwame Dawes, professor of English, poet, Guggnhiem Fellow

“There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books.” —Charlie Chaplin, cinema pioneer

“The Function of Art is to disturb, Science reassures.” —George Braque, creator of Cubism with Pablo Picasso

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” —Albert Einstein, you know who he is

“whether attempting to make art is noble or selfish, the fact remains that I will do it nevertheless.” —James Sturm, award winning graphic novelist, ‘Golem’s Mighty Swing’

“Do not imagine that art is something which is designed to give gentle uplift and self confidence. Art is not a brazzierre. At least not in the English sense. But do not forget that ‘brassierre’ is the French word for life-jacket.” —Julian Barnes, author of ‘The Sense of an Ending’

“After half a century of study, I’ve come to the conclusion that even under the electron microscope, art, like life, has no underlying purpose.” —Ethel Dagmar, PhD, Director of the Museum of Science and Civilization, Copenhagen, Denmark