The window to the soul

In the realm of the ancient arts, many great thinkers and creative masters presented their thoughts across inspirational works of art and many autobiographical books. Each period represented a specific style and set of ideals reflected in the graphics. Through the symbolic use of colour to the free stroke of the brush, it depicted the ideas, belief systems and motivations of each artist.

It is incredible how for thousands of years human beings have had the need to express their vision of the world through art. From cave dwellers through cave paintings to great ancient civilizations around the planet. We are fortunate that these art samples have been preserved through the ages, because thanks to them we have received the message that our ancestors around the world wanted to deliver. We understand in these vestiges of the past lives that walked the earth, the inspiration that generated in these cultures the nature that surrounded them and the cosmos, just as today they are still the muses of our ingenuity. Thanks to art we can understand the world in which they lived, in which we live, and ourselves. This is a way of remembering and transmitting the very essence of our being.

Although the modern world may be aware of a million secrets, it was the ancient world that knew only one. It was this one secret that was so much greater than the million; for the million secrets were known to foster disaster, sorrow, lust, and greed but the one secret to eternal happiness is life, light, and the truth.

It is all works of nature that have been created by God in heaven and on earth that are true works of sculpture – Benvenuto Cellini

The message represents a heavenly or spiritual connection between the artist and a higher power. It is about the beauty of heavenly power, the beauty of spirituality and of art.

What is worth doing, is worth doing well – Nicolas Poussin

Messages from the Baroque era were reflective of religious propaganda that occurred across Europe. Nicolas Poussin spoke about adding value, motivation, and care into all that you do if it meaningful to you.

It is poets who paint with words and painters who speak with art – Annibale Carracci

This unique quotation from the Neoclassic era expressed and interpreted the capabilities of the artists during this time.

The artist who aims to achieve perfection in everything, achieves nothing. – Eugene Delacroix.

This message means that one cannot attempt to be a master at everything often at the sacrifice of the things that are important in our lives. Simply do your best and strive to improve by learning from your mistakes.