„Slowly I discovered the secret of my art. It consists of a meditation on nature, on the expression of a dream which is always inspired by reality.“

— Henri Matisse

Tags:

„To discover the mode of life or of art whereby my spirit could express itself in unfettered freedom.“
— James Joyce
„Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.“
— Friedrich Nietzsche
„The world to me was a secret, which I desired to discover; to her it was a vacancy, which she sought to people with imaginations of her own.“
— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley