Paper Collage on Wood Panel • 10″x10″ • Private Collection

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Paper Collage on Wood Panel • 8″x10″ • Private Collection

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Hello, my name is Todd Marrone and I’m a quoteaholic. Ever since I can remember, I’ve been infatuated and inspired by bite-sized nuggets of wisdom. Enjoy a cluster of my favorites:

Famous People

“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
-Albert Einstein

“There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.”
-Pablo Picasso

“How wonderful yellow is. It stands for the sun.”
-Vincent Van Gogh (more…)

Paper Collage on Wood Panel • 8″x10″ • Private Collection

I recently created a barrage of collage works during a graduate course at the University of the Arts. Each work was constructed by cutting, placing and pasting paper culled from old sketchbooks, magazines and a book about Paul McCartney’s paintings.

And in the end, the art you take… is equal to the art you make.