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- I awoke, only to see that the rest of the world is still asleep.
- Whoever despises the high wisdom of mathematics nourishes himself on delusion and will never still the sophistic sciences whose only product is an eternal uproar.
- When you draw a nude, sketch the whole figure and nicely fit the members to it and to each other. Even though you may only…
- King of the animals-- as thou hast described him-- I should rather say king of the beasts, thou being the greatest--because thou doest only help…
- Experience never misleads; what you are misled by is only your judgment, and this misleads you by anticipating results from experience of a kind that…
- The men of experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use. But the bee...gathers its materials from the flowers of the garden and…
- Let proportion be found not only in numbers and measures, but also in sounds, weights, times, and positions, and what ever force there is.
- A single and distinct luminous body causes stronger relief in the objects than a diffused light; as may be seen by comparing one side of…
- Nature is so delightful and abundant in its variations that there would not be one that resembles another, and not only plants as a whole,…
- To such an extent does nature delight and abound in variety that among her trees there is not one plant to be found which is…
- 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…
- He only moves toward the perfection of his art whose criticism surpasses his achievement.
- Painting embraces and contains within itself all the things which nature produces or which results from the fortuitous actions of men... he is but a…
- The painter must be solitary. For if you are alone you are completely yourself, but if you are accompanied by a single companion, you are…
- Experience never errs; it is only your judgments that err by promising themselves effects such as are not caused by your experiments.
- Art is never finished, only abandoned.
- Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power.
- 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…
- If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. If you are accompanied by even one companion you belong only half to yourself or even…
- The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of.
- All our knowledge hast its origins in our perceptions … In nature there is no effect without a cause … Experience never errs; it is…
- Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.
- Truth was the only daughter of Time.
- A bird is an instrument working according to mathematical law, which instrument it is within the capacity of man to reproduce with all its movements,…
- For, verily, great love springs from great knowledge of the beloved object, and if you little know it, you will be able to love it…
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