Art Quote by Basma Salem

“She preferred the quiet solitary atmosphere, to create in her own world of paint and colour, the thrill of anticipating how her works would…

— E.A. Bucchianeri

“The tan carpet was stiff and black with stripes of dried blood, spattered like a Jackson Pollock canvas. The walls were streaked with it,…

— Holly Black

“She sat up, cheeks flushed and golden hair tousled. She was so beautiful that it made my soul ache. I always wished desperately that…

— Richelle Mead

“here in the drawing room, each lady quietly relaxed and became more real, expanding into the space left by the men. Without visibly changing,…

— Frances Hardinge

“I remember the first time I saw my favorite painting, how its fragile beauty caught my breath. And I thought if the artist had…

— Lang Leav

“In this room hung with the trophies of culture, her story sounded melodramatic and rough. She felt like a squaw explaining how you tanned…

— Wallace Stegner

“I was reminded of a painter friend who had started her career by depicting scenes from life, mainly deserted rooms, abandoned houses and discarded…

— Azar Nafisi

“Oh her deathbed, when her hands could no longer weave or paint or mold clay, she'd told stories and filled them with the colors…

— Veronica Rossi

“The photos stirred feelings she couldn't quite frame in words, and this, she decided, must mean they were true works of art.”

— Celeste Ng

“Cedar groaned and picked up her spoon with her bright blue fingers. While the rest of her was the fiery brown of the cedar…

— Shannon Hale

“The world she was walking through was a pale nothingness, like a blank sheet of paper or an enormous, empty white room. It had…

— Neil Gaiman

“This time when she picked up her paints, she didn’t think, she just painted. It was like opening the door onto a storm. The…

— Michelle Frost