Nothing opens the heart like a true friend, to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes...and whatever lies upon the heart. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
A just fear of an imminent danger, though be no blow given, is a lawful cause of war. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The creative process is a cocktail of instinct, skill, culture and a highly creative feverishness. It is not like a drug; it… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
My painting is not violent, it's life that is violent. Even within the most beautiful landscape, in the trees, under the leaves,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
There is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death . .… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Nothing is to be feared but fear itself. Nothing grievous but to yield to grief. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“Men fear death as children fear to go into the dark and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Princes are like heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration, but no rest. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavor to obtain good customs. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Painting today is pure intuition and luck and taking advantage of what happens when you splash the stuff down. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I usually accept bribes from both sides so that tainted money can never influence my decision. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
When Christ came into the world, peace was sung; and when He went out of the world, peace was bequeathed. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
...neither is it possible to discover the more remote and deeper parts of any science, if you stand but upon the level of the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The divisions of science are not like different lines that meet in one angle, but rather like the branches of trees that join in… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The human understanding, when any preposition has been once laid down... forces everything else to add fresh support and confirmation; and although more cogent… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I should have been, I don't know, a con-man, a robber or a prostitute. But it was vanity that made me choose painting, vanity… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
