A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man’s mind.
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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Learning never exhausts the mind.
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Beauty perishes in life, but is immortal in art.
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We know well that mistakes are more easily detected in the works of others than in one’s own.
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The knowledge of all things is possible.
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The five senses are the ministers of the soul.
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A diamond is just a lump of coal that stuck to its job.
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Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.
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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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Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.
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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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The greater the man’s soul, the deeper he loves.
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People of higher talent work, even if they seem to do nothing.
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Ask advice of him who governs himself well.
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The most beautiful words of love are told in silence for a look.
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In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.
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There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.
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Life without love, is no life 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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Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
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My body will not be a tomb for other creatures.
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As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.
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Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.
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All our knowledge has its origin in our perceptions.
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Being willing is not enough. We must do.
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He who walks straight rarely falls.
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Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose.
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