One has no right to love or hate anything if one has not acquired a thorough knowledge of its nature. Great love springs from great knowledge of the beloved object, and if you know it but little you will be able to love it only a little or not at all.
LEONARDO DA VINCIHe who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.
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Truly man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds them. We live by the death of others. We are burial places.
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Being willing is not enough. We must do.
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I love those who can smile in trouble.
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I am not poor. Poor are those who desire many things.
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Your brain is much better than you think; just use it!
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A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man’s mind.
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Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble.
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The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.
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Wisdom is the daughter of experience.
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Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.
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Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.
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The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.
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O Lord, thou givest us everything, at the price of an effort.
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I thought I was learning to live; I was only learning to die.
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The smallest feline is a masterpiece.
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