A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. Maya Angelou 1928-2014

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.William Blake

Paint what you really see, not what you think you ought to see; not the object isolated as in a test tube, but the object enveloped in sunlight and atmosphere, with the blue dome of Heaven reflected in the shadows. (Claude Monet)

"You must think me very rude; but all this is so new to me. So - this - is - a - River!""The River," corrected the Rat.Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” ― Vincent van Gogh

The airless studios grow stifling. Kick the door open – the hum of life turns into a roar. (Feliks Topolski)

Now i think i know....

Now i understand what you tried to say to me, how you suffered for your sanity, how you tried to set them free.

Among the changing months, May stands confest The sweetest, and in fairest colors dressed.”―James Thomson