"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 "Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other." "Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart." "Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God." More In Art "Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art."― Susan Sontag "Those who love him love that he sells the most art; they take it as a point of faith that this proves Kinkade is the best. But his fans don’t only rely on this supply-and-demand justification. They go back to values."― Jerry Saltz "What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn’t be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought."― David Hockney