"In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine." ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Topic(s): Art More From Ralph Waldo Emerson "All diseases run into one, old age." "Every artist was first an amateur." "Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it was actually verified." More In Art "Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building."― A. Bartlett Giamatti "A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires."― Hedy Lamarr "I realize that every picture isn’t a work of art."― Conrad Hall