"Art is not what you see but what you make others see"
"I dream my painting and then I paint my dream"
"A Picture is a poem without words"
"The world is but a canvas to to our imagination"
"Every artist dips his brush n his soul and paints his nature"
"Art is anything you can get away with"
"An artist cannot fail , its a success just to be one"
"Art undeniably is conductive to happiness"
"Creativity is a wild mind & disciplined eye"
"Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world."
"Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art
"The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge."
"Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it"
"Painting is just another way of keeping a diary"
"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."
"We have art in order not to die of the truth."
"Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine."
"Art is never finished, only abandoned"
"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday"
"Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others"
"Art is not supposed to change the world, to change practical things, but to change perceptions. Art can change the way we see the world. Art can create an analogy."
"Art in the classroom not only spurs creativity, it also inspires learning"
"They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art"
"The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection"
"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced"
"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time"
"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth"
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art"
"All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on."
"Once an object has been incorporated in a picture it accepts a new destiny"
"No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger."
"If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle."
"Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it"
"Advertising is fundamentally persuasion and persuasion happens to be not a science, but an art"
"All art is but imitation of nature."

Welcome to MAPS Qatar

Maps is assocation of Middle East Art and Silk Painters. We are Qatar based art gallery & community that provdes a significatnt forum for cultural dialog between all artists from diferent cultures. MAPS helps artists through exhibisions, gallery representation, magazine reviews and advertisements, press releases, internet promostion as well as various cultural projects

We are Qatar based art gallery that provdes a significatnt forum for cultural dialog between all artists from diferent cultures.

Call For Artists

MAPS are seeking exciting young fine art artists who are interested in being represented by the MAPS Gallery. MAPS are a chapter of SPIN, USA in the heart of the Doha, Qatar. The membership shares in the decisions of the gallery operations and shows.
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The Founder

Rashmi Agarwal, who hails from India, is a silk painter who for 13 years has been teaching the centuriesold art in Qatar and displaying its dynamism from fine art to fashion art through her large body of work.
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