Ode to
      New York    

           These little town blues
           Are melting away.
           I'll make a brand new start of it
           In old New York

                                       Frank Sinatra, from New York, New York

A painting is not a picture
of an experience,
but is the experience
                             Mark Rothko

It's not a matter of painting life.
It's a matter of giving life to the painting.

Il ne s'agit pas de peindre la vie.
Il s'agit de rendre vivante la peinture

Pierre Bonnard

On
to Times Square, where the sign
blows smoke over my head, and higher
the waterfall pours lightly ...
Neon in daylight isa great pleasure ...

Frank O'HARA
From A Step Away from Them