Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble.
LEONARDO DA VINCITruly 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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Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.
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God sells us all things at the price of labor.
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I love those who can smile in trouble.
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Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.
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He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.
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Art lives from constraints and dies from freedom.
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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.
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Principles for the Development of a Complete Mind: Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses- especially learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.
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I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
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Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity.
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Learning never exhausts the mind.
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Your brain is much better than you think; just use it!
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Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.
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Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
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A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.
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