The young man should first learn perspective, then the proportions of objects. Next, copy work after the hand of a good master, to gain the habit of drawing parts of the body well; and then to work from nature, to confirm the lessons learned.
All our knowledge originates in opinion.
The discovery of a good wine is increasingly better for mankind than the discovery of a new star.
Whoever does not respect life, does not deserve it.
Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power.
All our knowledge is the offspring of our perceptions.
It is a far worthier thing to read by the light of experience than to adorn oneself with the labors of others.
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.
There is no result in nature without a cause; understand the cause and you will have no need of the experiment.
The natural desire of good men is knowledge.
How many emperors and how many princes have lived and died and no record of them remains, and they only sought to gain dominions and riches in order that their fame might be ever-lasting.
When taking a selfie, remember the most natural pose is still best
Small rooms or dwellings discipline the mind, large ones weaken it.
The smallest feline is a masterpiece.
In time and with water, everything changes.
Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.
You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.
I have always felt it is my destiny to build a machine that would allow man to fly.
Among the great things which are found among us the existence of Nothing is the greatest.
Truth was always but the daughter of time.
The length of a man's outspread arms is equal to his height.
Ask counsel of him who rules himself well.
If you call painting dumb poetry, the painter may call poetry blind painting.
Love, Fear, and Esteem, - Write these on three stones.
The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes.
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