"American Indians had no concepts of 'Art' or 'Artist' corresponding to those held by Europeans. Native Americans felt confident and fully capable of creating beauty in everything they did. This was believed to be the only adequate and appropriate way to express joy and gratitude to the divinities for their wondrous gifts-Mother Earth, Father Sky, and all they had created between them to sustain and enrich the life of human."

'Discovery', the publication of the San Diego Museum of Man