“A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.” –Michelangelo quote

“The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.” –Benjamin Franklin

“An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.” –James Whistler

“In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson

“In the arts, everything is possible provided it is based on love.” –Marc Chagall

“There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.” –Joshua Reynolds

“Nothing is really work unless you would rather do something else.” –James Matthew Barrie

“I’ve been doing a lot of abstract painting lately, extremely abstract. No brush, no paint, no canvas, I just think about it.” –Stephen Wright

Though we slaved to build this post, it was a labor of love. So, please do not leave before watching the video below, and the one here.