"Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless." ― Honore de Balzac Topic(s): Art Tags: humanity, passion, universal, without More From Honore de Balzac "Death unites as well as separates; it silences all paltry feeling." "The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one." "Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity." More In Art "Can space break? I mean the space of art galleries. Over the past 100 years, art galleries have gone from looking like Beaux Arts salons to simple storefronts to industrial lofts to the gleaming giant white cubes of Chelsea with their shiny concrete floors."― Jerry Saltz "The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web."― Pablo Picasso "My faith has been the driving thing of my life. I think it is important that people who are perceived as liberals not be afraid of talking about moral and community values."― Marian Wright Edelman