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> [I am reminded, now, of Leonardo's advice to painters: You should fix your eyes, he says, on certain walls stained with damp. You will see in these the likenesses of divine landscapes, adorned with mountains, ruins, rocks, extensive plains; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ciaran-carson/i-am-reminded-now-of-leonardo-s-advice-to-painters-you-should-fix/)

[Ciaran Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ciaran-carson/)

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## More by Ciaran Carson

> [How do you say a thing at all, at the end of the day? How do you say what’s in your mind? And as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ciaran-carson/how-do-you-say-a-thing-at-all-at-the-end-of-the-day-how-do-you-say/)

[Ciaran Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ciaran-carson/)

> [“There are three points about stories: if told, they like to be heard; if heard, they like to be taken in; and if taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ciaran-carson/there-are-three-points-about-stories-if-told-they-like-to-be-heard-if/)

[Ciarán Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ciaran-carson/)

> [“The hero's light sprang from his forehead, long and thick as a warrior's whetstone, long as a prow, and he clattered with rage as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ciaran-carson/the-hero-s-light-sprang-from-his-forehead-long-and-thick-as-a-warrior/)

[Ciarán Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ciaran-carson/)

> [Where am I coming from? Where am I going? A fusillade of question marks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ciaran-carson/where-am-i-coming-from-where-am-i-going-a-fusillade-of-question-marks/)

[Ciaran Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ciaran-carson/)

> [There's a whole language out there, and one's role as a writer is to stumble around in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ciaran-carson/there-s-a-whole-language-out-there-and-one-s-role-as-a-writer-is-to/)

[Ciaran Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ciaran-carson/)

> [I am reminded, now, of Leonardo's advice to painters: You should fix your eyes, he says, on certain walls stained with damp. You will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ciaran-carson/i-am-reminded-now-of-leonardo-s-advice-to-painters-you-should-fix/)

[Ciaran Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ciaran-carson/)

> [“I think a writer should always be surprised; and the more I write, the more it seems that the language itself, when explored with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ciaran-carson/i-think-a-writer-should-always-be-surprised-and-the-more-i-write-the/)

[Ciaran Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ciaran-carson/)

> [“Courage has a brutal core.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ciaran-carson/courage-has-a-brutal-core/)

[Ciarán Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ciaran-carson/)

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