Photo by Ashton Pal

Installation of Forever Bicycles at the Nuit Blanche Event in Toronto, October 2013, using 3,144 interconnected bicycles.

We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something. –Ai Weiwei

Learn more about Ai Weiwei

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Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love. –Claude Monet

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I seek to capture the warmth and tender closeness, as well as the joyfulness and whimsicality of human relationships.  This is why I use the body as a point of departure, simplifying the figure to a lyrical composition. –John Kennedy

Learn more about sculptor John Kennedy at johnkennedystudio.com

Find works by John Kennedy at the Coda Gallery

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Nature virtually always satisfies my hunger for variety, balance and movement. It provides a vital kind of homecoming. Each piece I make tends to be a form of gratitude for each of these “homecomings.” — Kelly Price

Find more artwork by Kelly Price at Kellypriceart.com and on her Facebook Page: Kelly Price/ Silk Spirit

Explore prints by Kelly Price at Imagekind

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It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong. — Abraham Lincoln

View works by Tommervik on his website and facebook page.

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Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life — Pablo Picasso

More about Pablo Picasso

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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only Light can do that.  Hate cannot drive out hate; only Love can do that.  –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dr. King mosaic in the lobby of MLK Elementary School in Providence, Rhode Island

View more art by Jess Regelson at Indian Moon Mosaics

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When we reach a difficult crossroad in life, we often go looking for answers outside ourselves.  In fact, the answers are almost always within us. The four black birds represent the voices and advise of others. She turns her gaze and ears inward.  The blue feather in the woman’s hair symbolizes traditional wisdom. – Carmen R. Sonnes

Visit the website of artist Carmen R. Sonnes

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Original Art work by Toni Truesdale

History and mythology need to include the unrestricted stories of all women: The female perspective in aesthetics, values, spirituality and morality. I develop imagery that shows the natural beauty and intelligence in all the aspects of the multicultural life of sisters, mothers, daughters, aunts, grandmothers… –Toni Truesdale

Learn more about artist Toni Truesdale on her website.

Find artwork by Toni Truesdale on Truesdale Art and Jackrabbit Marketplace.

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In the upper left hand corner (inside a room, among the apartment buildings) my mother is reading the story to me and my two sisters.  As she approaches the sad ending – an ending I’ve heard before – I leap out of the room, landing in the story.  Though I am too late; all that is left of the little girl is a shadow surrounded by light, as her soul ascends to heaven. –Kasia Polkowska

View more stained glass mosaics by Kasia Polkowska on her website.

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