The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.  (F. Scott Fitzgerald)

III  Lotus

Beginning with audacity is a very great part of the art of painting.  (Winston Churchill)

 

It's better to be sorry for what you did, than for what you
didn't do.  (Anonymous)

 

IV Poppies

No great artist ever sees things as they really are.   If he did he would cease to be an artist.
(Oscar Wilde)

Once bitten by the demon of painting, I never wanted to give it up.
(Henri Matisse)

 

V Narcissus

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.  (Albert Einstein)

Paperwhites

Yellow Daffodils

All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.  (Indian Proverb)

 

VI  Hibiscus

I invent nothing, I rediscover.   (Auguste Rodin)

Pink Hibiscus

 

VII Peonies

Leap into the boundless and make it your home.  (Chuang-tzu)

Tree Peony Study

 

VIII Orchids

Congratulate yourselves if you have done something strange
and extravagant and broken the monotony of a decorous age.  (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Orchids

 

IX Sunflowers

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.   (Albert Einstein)

Sunflowers

 

X Magnolia Blossoms

Age gives you the freedom to do some things you've never done before. Great work can come at any stage of your life.  (Will Barnet)

Magnolia Tree Blossoms

I'm glad I haven't found my style yet. I'd be bored to death.  (Edgar Degas)