“As music is the poetry of sound, so is painting the poetry of sight.” – James Abbott McNeill Whistler A painting by James Abbott McNeill Wh...

“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.” - Richard Bach My Very Own Stra...

“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” - Charles Dickens Merry Christmas! Yes, it’s Christmas in July in A...

“I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical.” - Arthur C. Clarke Astrology is a controversial subject....

“The night walked down the sky with the moon in her hand.” - Frederick L. Knowles Night THE SCENE: Deserted streets; Cold lights; Fogged up ...

“Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.” - Benjamin Disraeli Greetings from Brisba...

"Artists create out of a sense of desolation. The spirit of creation is a excruciating, intricate exploration from within the soul....

"When you start a painting, it is somewhat outside you. At the conclusion, you seem to move inside the painting." - Fernando Boter...

“He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.” - Anais Nin I had some rather startling and very sad news today. From an old acquainta...

"I never see any home cooking. All I get is fancy stuff."
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh A very busy day at work today and har...

“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.” - Helen Keller I spent most of my day today in a special disability wor...

“Nothing is permanent.” – Gautama Buddha Silly argument; The heart is now painted the Colour of winter.

“When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow.” – Anaïs Nin There is quite...

“There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One is roots; the other, wings.” – Hodding Carter We watched Ingmar B...

“I want to make the trivial serve to express the sublime.” – Jean-François Millet For Art Sunday today, a painter representing the “realist...

“And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.” - G. K. Chesterton RAIN Listen to...

“Chacun à son gout” – French proverb It’s the heart of winter in Melbourne and we are having cold nights and cool, grey days. It’s nice to c...

“Everything great in the world is done by neurotics; they alone founded our religions and created our masterpieces.” - Marcel Proust Today, ...

"Action is the antidote to despair." – Joan Baez I met an old friend today and she sounded so tired, so aged, as if fatigued by l...

“The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.” - Oscar Wilde I had a very long day at work and much of it was spe...